BuzzFeed: House Republicans at Supreme Court slam Obama administration for 'attacking' DOMA

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BuzzFeed: House Republicans at Supreme Court slam Obama administration for 'attacking' DOMA

Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed reports that House Republicans on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

WASHINGTON — The House Republican leadership Tuesday filed a brief in the Supreme Court urging the Supreme Court to uphold the Defense of Marriage Act as constitutional, arguing that the Obama administration "abdicated its duty to defend DOMA's constitutionality" in February 2011 and instead started "attacking" the law in court.

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Posted by Steve Rothaus at 07:30 PM in Bisexual, Business, Current Affairs, Gay, Lesbian, LGBT, Marriage, Media, Politics, Religion, Transgender, Weblogs, Workplace, Youth | Permalink

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