Comments on: Boehner convenes bipartisan panel to defend DOMA

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:42:28 +0000

It seems that people in the gay community are as singularly ignorant of what’s going on as the Teabaggers and fundy asswipes. The President did not…repeat NOT say he would not continue to enforce DOMA. He said he was convinced the law in part is unconstitutional and would not defend it before the courts. Defend and enforce are not the same things. When the current Chief Justice was a part of the Justice Dept in the GHW Bush administration he decided not to defend a law before the court and even wrote an amicus curia brief urging the court to find it unconstitutional.

Everyone needs to stop listening to the bullshit from the wingnut religious assholes.

By: El Dorado

El Dorado — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:53:26 +0000

ooper said Log Cabin believes that DOMA is an unconstitutional intrusion on states’ rights and a violation of individual liberty, but also agrees with Speaker Boehner that the constitutionality of this statute should be determined by the courts and not by the president unilaterally
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If G.W. Bush and his administration could unilaterally refuse to sign into law legislation like The Matthew Shepard Act or ENDA on the grounds that such laws were unconstitutional when that should be determined by the SCOTUS then why can’t Obama do the same when it comes to DOMA? Where was Log Cabin let alone any Republicans objection back then on the President’s or his administrations rights to make such determinations? At least Obama was a constitutional lawyer and knows what he’s talking about unlike conservatives! The hypocrisy and double-standards are so obviously is makes you want to hurl!

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:17:08 +0000

Now, I hope the kapos at GOProud are very happy with themselves.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:53:52 +0000

Can Boehner and the Republicans in the House take action without the consent of the Senate? Don’t they need both chambers approval to challenge the federal court’s decision that DOMA is unconstitutional? Harry Reid needs to send a letter to the court saying the senate will not challenge the court’s ruling or be a party to the suit defending DOMA.