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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2009
3:56 PM

CONTACT: Progressive Democrats of America

Laura Bonham
Communications Coordinator
Laura@pdamerica.org, (435) 336-2123
Tim Carpenter, PDA Executive Director
Tim@pdamerica.org, (413)-320-2015

Department of Justice Brief Defends DOMA in Marriage Case

WASHINGTON - September 18 - The Department of Justice today filed a brief defending the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act" (DOMA) in the case Gill v. Office of Personnel Management.  People For the American Way president Michael B. Keegan issued the following statement.

"I'm disappointed that the Department of Justice once again chose to defend a law which, by the Department's own admission, discriminates against gay and lesbian Americans.  In Massachusetts and other states, there are now two groups of legally married couples: one group which gets all the federal benefits that come with marriage, and another group which receives nothing.  That situation is intolerable.  The administration missed an important opportunity to make clear that discrimination against LGBT people is unacceptable.

"Today's brief highlights the need for President Obama to provide the leadership to repeal DOMA.  It's a bad law, plain and simple.  Congress and the White House should work together to remove it from the books as soon as possible."

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