DOMA: Obama invokes incest and people marrying children

YEA!!!


Federal Judge Rules Part Of DOMA Unconstitutional

A federal judge ruled today that part of the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional.

Judge Joseph Tauro, of U.S. District Court in Boston, issued rulings on two separate cases today.

"This court has determined that it is clearly within the authority of the Commonwealth to recognize same-sex marriages among its residents, and to afford those individuals in same-sex marriages any benefits, rights, and privileges to which they are entitled by virtue of their marital status," Tauro wrote in the decision for Massachusetts v. Health and Human Services.

"The federal government, by enacting and enforcing DOMA, plainly encroaches upon the firmly entrenched province of the state, and, in doing so, offends the Tenth Amendment. For that reason, the statute is invalid," he wrote.

 

Somewhere back in the last two or three years when we had a thread on it I stated that denying gays the rights and privileges afforded heterosexual married couples was denying them equal protection under the law. I think I said it was so clearly obvious that I can't believe it hasn't been ruled so. Marriage involves so much more than just bearing children i.e. tax laws, rights of survivorship, medical permissions.

Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage law violates the Constitutional right of married same-sex couples to equal protection under the law and upends the federal government’s long history of allowing states to set their own marriage laws.

 

I'm really glad someone acknowledged the tenth amendment and wasn't called a racist. This is a huge win for States' Rights.

 

That seems odd to me. I could have sworn you were a major supporter of a President who was in favor of passing a constitutional amendment making discrimination against gays national policy.

 

Another win for the good guys!

Court strikes challenge to DC gay marriage law

Court: Opponents of DC same-sex marriage law cannot take the issue to voters

D.C.'s highest court has ruled against opponents of the city's same-sex marriage law, saying they cannot ask voters to overturn it.

Opponents had wanted to challenge a law that took effect in Washington in March allowing same-sex couples to marry. They attempted to get approval to put an initiative on the ballot asking city voters to define marriage in the city as between one man and one woman. But city officials balked, saying a district human rights law barred initiatives that would authorize discrimination.

On Thursday, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled 5-4 that officials had the authority to keep the measure off the ballot and acted appropriately.

 

Well um wow.

Gov't drops defense of anti-gay marriage law

More at the link.

 

Hey, maybe he can end up keeping a few promises... never too late...

 

hahahaha.

We see you bumped another thread and not this one.

I wonder why.

 

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Ha, came here to note that as well.

 

NICE.