Obama Says "No" to DOMA

An issue that has taken a sort of back burner position in the wake of everything that is going on with health care reform is the issue of same-sex marriage.

Thankfully, things seem to be heating back up for this issue. Today, President Obama made it clear that he favors the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Obama administration filed court papers this morning claiming that a federal marriage law discriminates against gays.

DOMA is a denies federal recognition of gay marriage and gives states the right to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states. The bill was signed into law in 1996 under former President Clinton.

So what does this most recent action on the part of the Obama administration mean? I guess we won't know for a while, at least until Congress reconvenes on September 8.

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