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originally posted in:Sapphire
Edited by Section Ratio General:
2/24/2013 12:40:47 AM
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Obama's administration working on taking out DOMA act
[url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/22/obama-supreme-court-doma_n_2745594.html]Since lower courts found it unconstitutional, the Supreme Court is planning on hearing a case out.[/url]
Thoughts on this?
Seems like the government is trying to push equality by taking out a law that basically discriminates against gays and lesbians. If DOMA is indeed struck down, that'll be one step closer to social equality.
Edit: DOMA stands for: Defense of Marriage Act, which basically says, "Only a man and a woman can get married."
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Good, about time somebody got rid of it
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5 Repliesi find it funny that in most states, it is completely legal to marry an animal but when to people of the same sex want to get married, everyone gets their Jimmies rustled over it
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Good. DOMA was a tragedy that needs to be removed.
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Never should have been law in the first place.
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18 RepliesStupid.
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1 ReplyDefense of Marriage Act act.....
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2 RepliesSo how did this end up going?
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8 RepliesOne major problem I have with this is that the President thinks he can pick and choose which laws to enforce, and this is not so. The President must enforce all laws, whether he agrees or disagrees with them.
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Why would he get rid of that? I love that song!
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2 RepliesEdited by Buona Sera: 2/24/2013 3:40:55 PMA more accurate description of the Defense of Marriage Act is "if another state in the US recognizes your same sex marriage as legal, other states don't have to". That is in direct violation of the constitution. It was shoved through by conservatives in the 90s when Hawaii was going to vote on legalizing gay marriage. They didn't want gay people from their state flying to Hawaii, getting married, and coming back to reap the benefits.
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About time, and also, who cares if gay people marry? It's not like the world is going to end.
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Good. I swear, it's like some people still have mentalities akin to unreasonable medial fears.
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2 RepliesTotally against it. I hate homosexuals. It's impossible to go to a Wendy's now-a-days without seeing some queer talking about his "fabulous" day.
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It's going to be exciting to watch the supreme court court go over this, especially since there is a really high chance that they will find DOMA unconstitutional.
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This is great to see. I think it's the strongest pro gay marriage action that the White House has taken.
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2 RepliesOh hurrah, this is a thing now. Seriously, cool.
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It's about time he did something positive.
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Good.
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Yes. Yes. YES.
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Good, keep those bigoted douches from making laws and killing equality. more power to them.
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Known about the court's plans to look at it for a while now, but it's great that the president is bad mouthing the law. It's time to get rid of that nonsense.
