Defense of Marriage Act

A legal brief filed August 17th by the Justice Department lawyer, Scott Simpson, declares that the Obama administration does not support the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) as a matter of policy and believes the act is discriminatory and should be repealed by Congress.  In a written statement, President Obama says, "Long held that DOMA prevents lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered couples from being granted equal rights and benefits.  As a U.S. Senator from Illinois, Obama stated his support for the "complete repeal of the DOMA."

 

The federal DOMA was overwhelmingly passed and represents the views of the people of the U.S. that marriage is between a man and a woman and that's the optimal environment for raising children.  DOMA also provides protection for the states.  Therefore, if the federal DOMA were to be struck down, a whole area of the law protecting the states would be in jeopardy because the states are not forced to accept homosexual marriages performed in other states where it is legal.  If DOMA is declared unconstitutional, the individual states would be sitting ducks.  This, in spite of the fact that 30 states have constitutional amendments protecting traditional marriage.  Sounds like the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 when 47 states had protection for the unborn in their laws.