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Justice Department Will No Longer Defend Defense of Marriage Act

By Jonathan H. Adler

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(Jonathan H. Adler)

The Associated Press is reporting that President Obama has concluded that the Department of Justice should no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage.

[Oops.  I see Dale beat me to it, so I?m closing comments.]


Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).

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