Thanks, Obama >> updated, Edith Windsor reacts

[ProSense]

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Thanks, Obama >> updated, Edith Windsor reacts

by kirbybruno

This >>>>>
Obama administration will no longer defend DOMA

and this >>>>>>

Obama Chooses Sotomayor for Supreme Court Nominee

and this >>>>>>

President Obama Nominates Elena Kagan for Supreme Court

has led to this >>>>>
Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act.

Thanks Obama!

Barack Obama ✔ @BarackObama

Today's DOMA ruling is a historic step forward for #MarriageEquality. #LoveIsLove
10:19 AM - 26 Jun 2013

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Edith Windsor says thanks, Obama too!

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/06/edith-windsor-doma-struck-down.html

Just after 11 A.M., the President called. Kaplan picked up the phone and gave it to Windsor. “Hello, who am I talking to?” Windsor said. “Oh, Barack Obama? I wanted to thank you. I think your coming out for us made such a difference throughout the country.”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/26/1219083/-Thanks-Obama

[ucrdem]

1. Great news.

Congratulations to all!

[BP2]

2. ?

He didn't fight DOMA - he just refused to have the Justice Dept argue it.

Not sure how he can claim victory from non-involvement

[Buzz Clik]

3. LOL!

Ok.

[warrior1]

5. thats because

you haven't been paying attention

[Harmony Blue]

6. He chose to let the other branch

make the decision. Which makes the victory all the more legit.

[arely staircase]

7. i see what you are doing

it isn't working

[frazzled]

12. That is huge involvement

Not defending it meant that the only group who would have standing to defend it was BLAG (The House of Representatives (read Republican) Legal Advisory Group).

In addition, under Obama, the Justice Department filed a legal brief arguing for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and asked the Supreme Court to hear two cases challenging the law's constitutionality.


So yes, they DID fight DOMA, even at the Court. When the Executive Branch takes a stance like that, it matters in the outcome.

[Ms. Toad]

19. Just so it isn't buried: The Justice Department advocated against DOMA

in a brief to the Supreme Court.

[Buzz Clik]

4. +1

[Whisp]

8. Thanks, Obama!!

[tarheelsunc]

9. ... but "both sides are the same"

I'm sure the same thing would have happened under President McCain!

[warrior1]

10. kick

[ProSense]

11. Updated. n/t

[Hekate]

13. Summer of Love. No -- wait, that was something else. But still...

I'm very pleased.

[ProSense]

14. Kick! n/t

[Cha]

15. So Exciting.. thank you, ProSense

Everyone at the apartment of Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who argued Edith Windsor’s successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, exploded in screams and sobs when the ruling came down. Kaplan called her mother and said, “Total victory, Mom: it couldn’t be better.” Windsor said, “I wanna go to Stonewall right now!” Then she called a friend and said, “Please get married right away!”

[mountain grammy]

16. Thanks Obama.... thanks ProSense

I wonder who McCain would have appointed to the Supreme Court?

[Lucinda]

17. Netflix has a great documentary about Edie and Thea - well worth watching

Edie and Thea : A Very Long Engagement

Also available online a few other places.

[Scurrilous]

18. K & R