Obama "has NOT begun working with Congress to repeal" DOMA

[FreeState]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/17/AR2009081702722.html

...Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, called on the president anew to take a "leadership role" in repealing the Defense of Marriage Act.

"It is not enough to disavow this discriminatory law, and then wait for Congress or the courts to act," Solmonese said. "While they contend that it is the DOJ's duty to defend an act of Congress, we contend that it is the Administration's duty to defend every citizen from discrimination."

Robert Raben, a Justice Department official in the 1990s who owns a Washington lobbying firm, said that the administration had "obviously heard deep concern" from advocates who expressed indignation at the initial court filing.

"Between the Department of Justice and the White House, they did the best they could possibly do," Raben said in an interview. "It's their job to defend statutes, even lousy ones. The issue now becomes, let's get down to repealing DOMA."

The Obama administration, managing a busy and complicated legislative agenda, has not begun working with Congress to repeal the act, congressional and White House sources said. Dissatisfaction in the gay and lesbian community peaked in June, when some donors canceled plans to attend a Democratic National Committee fundraiser....

[Toasterlad]

1. Obama Has Absolutely No INTENTION of Working With Congress to Repeal DOMA.

Does everyone get that by now?

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[QC]

2. Why do you hate America? n/t

[Duncan Grant]

3. ...because America is content to let LGBT people languish in 2nd class citizenship. (nt)

[xchrom]

5. considering the EXCRUCIATING time and effort that it ook to come out

and simply say DOMA is discriminatory -- the white house working with congress to repeal it would be something akin to belief in the tooth fairy.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. This administration speaks out of both sides of its mouth

and it is getting very old. I've been thinking of how Obama portrayed himself on the campaign trail, and that old insult from elementary school comes to mind 'all brag, no fact'.

[tbyg52]

7. All hat, no cattle. nt