As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama did not support marriage equality, but he did support the repeal of the so-called "Defense of Marriage" Act (DOMA), a 1996 law that bans any federal recognition of gay and lesbian families and allows states to deny marriage rights even to same-sex couples who have been legally wed in their home states. Obama also spoke of supporting some sort of legal provision to allow same-sex families access to civil unions on a national level.
Pro-family parity lawmakers have a bill that would strike down DOMA. They call it the Respect for Marriage Act; if passed into law, the bill would protect marriage--all marriages, that is--by granting federal-level recognition to families, gay or straight, who had been married in any jurisdiction.
Some family equality advocates do not support the bill because it applies only to married couple
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No Repeal of DOMA Expected Until 2011 (If Then)
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Gay Issues Put Right on Defensive - EDGE Boston
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Gay Issues Put Right on DefensiveEDGE Boston, MAThe article quoted the president of the National Organization of Marriage (NOM), which drew headlines this week when it launched a $1.5 million TV ad campaign featuring a commercial that claims that marriage equality will erode religious liberties for ...
Kerry pushes asylum status for gay man (EDGE Boston)
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Kerry pushes asylum status for gay manEDGE Boston, MAPatrick Leahy (D-Vt.) filed the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA), which would allow Americans to sponsor their same-sex partners for immigration purposes, just as heterosexuals are allowed to sponsor their spouses. The bill has the backing of the ...
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