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To: Huck
the administration will not defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in the courts

That's not all. Obama claims Defense of Marriage Act is unconsitutional thus he will ignore defending it.

In other words, King Obama decides what is law and what is not.

Can you imagine if Bush or Reagan had declared the "Woman's 'right' to choose" to be illegal. WOW!

Perhaps you dislike Gingrich more than you dislike what Obama is doing to this nation?

165 posted on 02/26/2011 12:17:09 AM PST by tsowellfan (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Alan Keyes)
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To: tsowellfan

Section 3 of the law—the part that defines marriage for federal purposes as the union of a man and a woman—was ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court judge in July 2010.[1][2] This decision was appealed in October 2010.[3] On February 23, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department would cease legal defense of the Act’s Section 3 at the direction of President Barack Obama, who had reached a conclusion that Section 3 was unconstitutional.[4] However, the administration is obligated to continue enforcing the law until it is either repealed by Congress or finally declared unconstitutional in court.[5]


167 posted on 02/26/2011 12:24:36 AM PST by Huck (Only 1,967 years until the Reign of Dr. Zaius!)
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To: tsowellfan

Gingrich is nuts. Not only can a president’s justice department decide not to defend a statute in court, they could choose to OPPOSE a statute in court, if they believed it was unconstitutional.


170 posted on 02/26/2011 7:10:45 AM PST by Huck (Only 1,967 years until the Reign of Dr. Zaius!)
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