Comments on: Obama Administration Defends DOMA

By: No Hopey Changey for You: Despite Talk, Obama Admin Defends DOMA Again in Action

No Hopey Changey for You: Despite Talk, Obama Admin Defends DOMA Again in Action — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:24:25 +0000

[...] was surprised and shocked when President Obama reiterated his campaign promise, considering the work of his administration in June of 2009 to defend DOMA in federal court. The arguments made by the Obama administration in defending the Defense of [...]

By: Tyla

Tyla — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:44:13 +0000

It’s too bad, but I still have high hopes for future changes. Politics is so frustrating sometimes. Here’s a discussion of the matter from pandalous: http://www.pandalous.com/nodes/obama_and_gay_marriage

By: DavidL

DavidL — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:12:15 +0000

A major problem for changing the legal definition of marriage from a concept of complimentary genitalia to percieved object a person’s sexual desire, is how do you open the barn door to let in monomgamous same sex marriage without also letting in every other form of sexual percepttion.

I mean, if I have a constitutional right to marry my brother, then don’t you right marry both your two brothers, sister and the family dog?

By: Michael Ejercito

Michael Ejercito — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:05:47 +0000

President Obama has a duty to defend the laws of the land from any legal challenge as long as the defense is reasonable.

A reaasonable person can conclude that the 14th Amendment does not guarantee a right to same-sex “marriage”. In fact, the U.S. Supreme Court had dismissed the appeal of Baker v. Nelson for want of a substantial federal question.

By: Peg C.

Peg C. — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:10:27 +0000

#26 ADK46er,

Yes.

By: David Ehrenstein

David Ehrenstein — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:08:03 +0000

I don’t have a “lifestyle.” I have a life.

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:19:47 +0000

JD -

True, gays obviously like their lifestyle. Everyone else tolerates it.

By: ADK46er

ADK46er — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:51:21 +0000

It reads as if it were written by one of George Bush’s top political appointees.

Is there a rule now that requires liberals/progressives to include, in any criticism of Obama, a “but Bush was worse” clause”? BTW it must really hurt Mr Aravosis to know that the evil Cheney supports you and Obama doesn’t… as a conservative and a supporter of gay marriage myself, I find it very amusing.

By: harkin

harkin — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:38:27 +0000

Does this mean those girls who made the Pat Robertson sex with a duck video are going to follow it with a Barack Obama incest song?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:33:13 +0000

Oops. Should have written Carpenter and not Volokh.