Thursday, February 24, 2011

THE CURRENT BS ABOUT DOMA

The radio gasbags are claiming that Pres. Obama has violated the Constitution by unilaterally refusing to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act yet a cursory reading of AG Holder's letter to Speaker Boehner shows that claim is FALSE:
Notwithstanding this determination, the President has informed me that Section 3 will continue to be enforced by the Executive Branch. To that end, the President has instructed Executive agencies to continue to comply with Section 3 of DOMA, consistent with the Executive's obligation to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, unless and until Congress repeals Section 3 or the judicial branch renders a definitive verdict against the law's constitutionality. This course of action respects the actions of the prior Congress that enacted DOMA, and it recognizes the judiciary as the final arbiter of the constitutional claims raised.

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