Obama administration urges court to dismiss a DOMA lawsuit
The Obama administration has urged the courts to drop a lawsuit filed by gay couples because while they were legally married in Massachusetts they were not eligible for federal benefits.
While this is sure to spark outrage in the gay community and with gay activists the truth is that President Obama is 100% correct on this issue. The “Defense of Marriage Act” signed by President Clinton strictly forbids the federal government from recognizing gay marriage. President Obama and his administration are simply following precedent with this decision.
No court has found such a right to federal benefits to be fundamental — and the federal courts that have considered the question in the context of DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) itself have rejected such a claim
The law has been challenged before and has been found to be constitutional so the real question here is why hasn’t Barack Obama made good on his promise to repeal DOMA? This would be the correct procedure if Obama really wanted to grant gay couples equal rights. I give him credit for not collapsing to the politically correct opinion here and for adhering to precedent but one has to wonder why he has not pressed to the legislature to repeal DOMA and give gay couples the equal rights that he promised them.
During the campaign he promised to repeal DOMA but as president he has seemed unwilling to commit fully to gay rights, this has angered gay activists. Perhaps he has weighed the political ramifications and has decided that it is better to anger the gay lobby than to repeal DOMA and risk losing the moderate vote (a much larger voting block).
If this is the case he is putting politics ahead of doing what he claimed he believes in; equal rights for gays and the repeal of DOMA. While I applaud him for following precedent gay couples must feel like they were taken for a ride. They were, join the club with the anti-war protesters who have watched in horror as Obama has continued President Bush’s policies.
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America's Watchtower 
I believe candidate Obama miscalculated how different it would be to be President Obama. I wonder if he is getting frustrated at how hard it must be to bring his policies in line with those he proposed while campaigning?
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Considering that there is a huge difference between legislating and executing I am not surprised that Obama would have a hard time because he has never had to run anything. This must be a hard learned lesson.
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I believe this action on the part of the Obama administration is due to the problems he is having in other areas namely Health Care at this time and he simply doesn’t want to push against the right anymore at this time—this position he has taken will change when the time is right.
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With the problems this administration is having passing its agenda with a majority in both the house and senate this seems like an issue that he doesn’t dare tackle just yet. But if his political capital returns I am sure that he will move forward.
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Simply a deflection tactic… Deflect focus from one failed policy to some other policy that may hold the attention of the voters…
Smoke and Mirrors… Or, as they call it in *Da ‘Hood*, Shuck and Jive yo… 😈
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