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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse Responds To Obama’s Marriage Endorsement By Reinforcing Discrimination
House Responds To Obamas Marriage Endorsement By Reinforcing Discrimination | The House of Representatives passed a measure reinforcing the Defense of Marriage Act, just hours after President Obama announced his support for marriage equality. In a vote of 245 to 171, the members voted to stop the Justice Department from using taxpayer funds to actively oppose DOMA the Clinton-era law defining marriage as between a man and a woman that the Obama administration stopped enforcing in February 2011. Sixteen Democrats voted in favor of the measure, while 7 Republicans opposed it. Among its many negative consequences, DOMA has denied federal benefits to same-sex couples and their families. House Republicans, however, have defended its constitutionality in 12 separate cases.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/10/481656/house-doma/
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/10/481656/house-doma/
Here are the 16 Democrats:
Barrow
Bishop (GA)
Boren
Chandler
Costello
Critz
Cuellar
Holden
Kissell
Lipinski
Matheson
McIntyre
Peterson
Rahall
Ross (AR)
Shuler
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll235.xml
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House Responds To Obama’s Marriage Endorsement By Reinforcing Discrimination (Original Post)
ProSense
May 2012
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sadbear
(4,340 posts)1. Are any of the 16 Democrats women?
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)2. 16 Dems that need to STFU and GTFO
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Ian David
(69,059 posts)3. Does this also need to pass in the Senate? n/t
DCKit
(18,541 posts)4. Those ratfuckers give me a sour stomach. nt