It's DOMA, stupid.

[cali]

I love the advances made for equality in the last couple of weeks, but we need to get DOMA repealed. There's no uglier piece of law in the country- and certainly none more blatantly based in bigotry and hate.

Here's a few reminders:

Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is the short title of a federal law of the United States passed on September 21, 1996 as Public Law No. 104-199, 110 Stat. 2419. Its provisions are codified at 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C. The law has two effects:

No state (or other political subdivision within the United States) needs to treat a relationship between persons of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state.
The federal government may not treat same-sex relationships as marriages for any purpose, even if concluded or recognized by one of the states.
The bill was passed by Congress by a vote of 85-14 in the Senate<1> and a vote of 342-67 in the House of Representatives,<2> and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act


Next year is an election year and the dems will run from taking action on DOMA like their asses are on fire. I don't have much more hope for this year, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to keep the pressure on; particularly on Obama who called DOMA "abhorrent".