[Pan_Yans Wife]

Thank you for the link.

[sickoflibs]

DOMA is simple and common sense. States are still free to pass their own marriage laws and give whatever benefits they want, if liberal MA or NY wants to give SS couples the same state benefits as traditional married couples, they can. Others don't have to.

But DOMA says the Federal government only recognizes opposite sex(Normal) married couples when giving benefits, It still treats those legal arrangements as preferred to the newer SS arrangements made in liberal states.

If libs and libertarians don't like DOMA they should have tried to repeal it in 2009 and 2010 under Obama. But they wouldnt because they would fail and then be held responsible. Likewise Republicans need to stop the phony constitutional amendment promises to ban all SS marriages in all states (over-ride state laws) because they know they will never succeed.