--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <j_alexander_stan...@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, scienceofabundance <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Below is an announcement from the White House which came out > > (so to speak) on June 1st. To put it mildly, it means a lot to > > thousands of Gay BLT Americans and friends. Also, based on some > > previous contributions to FFL, it will raise the blood pressure > > of some members thus providing another reason for some of FFL's > > most beloved members to contribute their insights. > > Gay BLT Americans aren't feeling quite so warm and fuzzy about Obama right > now: > > http://www.americablog.com/2009/06/obama-justice-department-defends-doma.html > > http://is.gd/10iNw
>From CNS News: ----- In an open letter to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual (LGBT) community that was posted on Obama's campaign Web site on Feb. 28, 2008, Obama wrote that he favors repealing DOMA. "Unlike Senator Clinton, I support the complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act a position I have held since before arriving in the U.S. Senate," Obama wrote in the letter. "While some say we should repeal only part of the law, I believe we should get rid of that statute altogether," he wrote. "Federal law should not discriminate in any way against gay and lesbian couples, which is precisely what DOMA does." The "pride" section of the Obama campaign Web site also said: "Obama also believes we need to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally recognized unions." ----- http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=45106 http://tinyurl.com/d6vvru Either he was lying then to pander to gay voters, or he's changed his mind and now believes federal law *should* discriminate against gay and lesbian couples, because now he's defending DOMA in court. And as Aravosis points out at Alex's link, he's doing it in a manner calculated to do the LGBT rights movement as much damage as humanly possible.
