Sunday, July 31, 2011

COURT PAPERS FILED TO REMOVE DOMA

The move to remove DOMA has taken a significant step forward. The fact that the Legislature in New York, with the approval of a number of Republicans on that Legislature, awarded marriage rights to same-sex couples in that state has helped make the following move possible:

New York's law granting marriage rights to same-sex couples has only been in effect for a week, but advocates on both sides of the issue have wasted no time taking their arguments to court.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed court papers charging that the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, is unconstitutional on a number of fronts, including an "unprecedented intrusion" on the right of states to regulate marriage....

In a brief filed in the case Windsor v United States of America, Schneiderman argued that DOMA violates the Fifth Amendment by failing to provide equal rights to all Americans and the Tenth Amendment by impeding the right of states to regulate marriage.


[For the full article, see here.]
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CAUGHT LYING TO CONGRESS

Since the arguments put forth by such homophobic groups as Focus on the Family are bankrupt, they distort or lie about the viability and health of same-sex families. Here is one example that was exposed by Sen. Al Franken:

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