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Published: 02/25/11

Gay Marriage Decision May Not Hurt Obama or Help the Religious Right

By David Gibson - Politics Daily

When the Obama administration announced that it would adopt a matador defense on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the reaction from conservative Christian activists alternated between rage and celebration that the president had basically allowed the political right a slam dunk for the 2012 campaign. The Justice Department declared that it would no longer argue in court on behalf of a key restriction against gay marriage contained in the law, which effectively gives gay marriage a pass from the executive branch -- and gives the religious right a debating point. Related ...

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Published: 07/9/10

Opinion Roundup: Liberals Worry About Gay Rights Ruling

By John Merline - AOL News

(July 9) -- The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro that the federal Defense of Marriage Act -- signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996 -- is unconstitutional sparked a debate on the Web not so much about gay rights but about the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. That's the one that reads: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Tauro based his decision in one of the two cases on which he ruled on that amendment, arguing that the federal ...

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Published: 06/3/10

Domestic-Partner Benefits for Federal Workers Trickle In: Progress or Procrastination?

By Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily

Slowly, crumb by crumb, federal employees in same-sex relationships are picking up benefits -- and they gained a few more this week, though nothing to shout about. "Last year," President Barack Obama said in a statement Tuesday announcing minor advances in rights for federal workers in gay and lesbian relationships, "I issued a presidential memorandum that instructed the Office of Personnel Management and the secretary of state to extend certain available benefits they had identified to gay and lesbian federal employees and their families under their respective jurisdictions. Among those ...

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Published: 09/15/09

House Democrats Introduce Bill Aimed at Overturning DOMA

By David Sessions - Politics Daily

House Democrats are mobilizing around a new bill that would overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman and relieved states of recognizing same-sex marriage performed in other states. Three representatives, including Jared Polis (D-Colo.), the first openly gay man to be elected to Congress as a non-incumbent, introduced their bill, the Respect for Marriage Act, at a news conference this morning. ...

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