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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Obama: Supreme Court Has ‘Righted’ The ‘Wrong’ Of DOMA, directs Cabinet to implement
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-love-we-commit-to-one-another-mustI applaud the Supreme Courts decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people. The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for it. We are a people who declared that we are all created equal and the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.
This ruling is a victory for couples who have long fought for equal treatment under the law; for children whose parents marriages will now be recognized, rightly, as legitimate; for families that, at long last, will get the respect and protection they deserve; and for friends and supporters who have wanted nothing more than to see their loved ones treated fairly and have worked hard to persuade their nation to change for the better.
So we welcome todays decision, and Ive directed the Attorney General to work with other members of my Cabinet to review all relevant federal statutes to ensure this decision, including its implications for Federal benefits and obligations, is implemented swiftly and smoothly.
On an issue as sensitive as this, knowing that Americans hold a wide range of views based on deeply held beliefs, maintaining our nations commitment to religious freedom is also vital. How religious institutions define and consecrate marriage has always been up to those institutions. Nothing about this decision which applies only to civil marriages changes that.
The laws of our land are catching up to the fundamental truth that millions of Americans hold in our hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/26/statement-president-supreme-court-ruling-defense-marriage-act
Obama directs Cabinet to implement marriage ruling
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/26/obama-directs-cabinet-to-implement-marriage-ruling/
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