Posts Tagged ‘DOMA’
by Peter Grady – An attorney says a bill introduced in Congress that would provide same gender pairs Social Security benefits violates the spirit and intent of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA which passed with wide bi-partisan support and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton defined marriage as being solely [...]
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by Peter Grady – An advocate for soldiers in the US military says it is vital that Congress passed a proposed amendment that protects the right to speak out in support of traditional family values in the Armed Forces. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) has introduced H.R. 3828, which has been inserted into the 2012 [...]
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by Jack Minor – The United States Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that would effectively repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which declared marriage to be limited to a man and a woman, this Thursday, Nov. 10. The proposed bill, titled the Respect for Marriage Act states its purpose is [...]
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Candidate says natural born citizen requirement “unconstitutional” by Jack Minor – An individual who was born in another country, but later became naturalized, has been given permission to run as a presidential candidate by the Federal Elections Commission. Abdul Karim Hassan filed a request with the FEC asking if, as a naturalized American citizen, he [...]
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By Jack Minor The state of New York is asserting a sovereign right to define marriage, while claiming that states such as Colorado, that prohibit same sex marriages, do not have a similar right. Last week, New York Attorney General Scheneiderman announced the state was filing a brief supporting repeal of the [...]
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Forget readiness, let “gays” into military now! court says by Jack Minor The government has announced it will appeal a federal appeals court ruling that, regardless of how it will affect troop readiness, the military must immediately allow “gay” soldiers to serve. During the lame duck session, Congress repealed a policy dating to the Revolutionary War that [...]
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Governments choose the laws to enforce Attorney Paul Clement by Jack Minor Recent actions by both the federal and state governments have indicated they will simply ignore their responsibilities by refusing to defend or enforce laws they do not like. In 1996 Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act with bipartisan votes. The bill was [...]
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By Phyllis Schafly If Elena Kagan is confirmed for the Supreme Court, it will not matter that Martha Coakley failed to win her bid to fill out Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. Kagan’s 30-plus years as one of nine votes on the Supreme Court is far more important than Scott Brown’s three years as one of [...]
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