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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:27 AM
Subject: Obama abandons defense of marriage; urge Congress to step in
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Obama abandons defense of marriage; urge Congress to step in
February 24, 2011
Yesterday, President Barack Obama informed the nation that his
administration will no
longer defend the institution of natural marriage - or the law that protects it.
DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) was passed in 1996 with significant
bi-partisan
majorities in both houses of Congress, and was signed into law by President
Clinton. DOMA
defines marriage in federal law as the union of one man and one woman.
The president said yesterday that he has instructed his attorney general
not to defend
this law in court, where it is currently being challenged.
This sets a very dangerous precedent, in which a president decides which
federal laws
he will defend and which he will not. He has changed our government from the
rule of law to
the rule of one man.
The Constitution directs the president to "take Care that the Laws be
faithfully
executed." President Obama took an oath to "preserve, protect and defend" that
Constitution,
but he's not doing it. He's subverting the Constitution rather than upholding
it. He is in
clear violation of his oath of office.
The good news is that Congress can intervene and defend this law in
court. This
creates the possibility that the law will be defended by those who believe in
it and support
it, rather than by lawyers in Obama's Department of Justice, who up to this
point have
mounted half-hearted attempts at best to uphold this law.
TAKE ACTION
Contact your representative today and urge him to appeal to Speaker John
Boehner to
mount a vigorous legal defense of DOMA.
Additional source: OneNewsNow - Obama admin. will no longer defend
marriage law
Contact your representative now!
It is very important that you forward this alert to your friends and
family members.
Sincerely,
Tim Wildmon, President
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