"I have seen your administration aspire and achieve," Solmonese writes. "Protecting women from employment discrimination. Insuring millions of children. Enabling stem cell research to go forward. These are powerful achievements. And they serve as evidence to me that this brief should not be good enough for you. The question is, Mr. President — do you believe that it's good enough for us?
"If we are equals, if you recognize that our families live the same, love the same, and contribute as much as yours, then the answer must be no.
"We call on you to put your principles into action and send legislation repealing DOMA to Congress."
Shin Inouye, a White House spokesperson, said in response that Obama "remains strongly committed to signing a legislative repeal of DOMA into law and looks forward to seeing Congress take action."
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HRC criticizes Obama over DOMA brief
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HRC whacks Obama
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DividedByLaw 1077 days ago
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The gay rights group Human Rights Campaign, which has generally been slow to whack the White House, criticized a Justice Department filing in California in defense of the Defense of Marriage Act, calling on Obama instead to keep his promise to repeal the legislation:
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