Justice Department to appeal DOMA ruling

[tko_ak]

I don't know if this even qualifies as news anymore, but the Obama Administration is appealing a ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage Act.

Comments

[angi_is_altered]

I am seeing red right now. This administration just keeps making me madder and madder.

[paper_crystals]

It's actually consistent with what he said in the campaign, apparently.

[gleef]

*sigh*

[nightingale974]

"The Justice Department is defending the statute, as it traditionally does when acts of Congress are challenged," said Department of Justice spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler.

Am I the only one having a hard time buying that?

[jaralith]

Nope, it's not just you.

[nightingale974]

Ah, good.

BTW (OT), much icon love!

[keoniphoenix]

I made the same point on my Twitter account yesterday when I read about it.

I said: A great question for the Obama Administration? If you're for gay rights why are you wasting time and money appealing rulings?

The real answer has to do with the people in the DoJ. They're government officials and they wanna get paid to look useful so they appeal the ruling to make the lawyers there happy. But irritates me for no end for defending an undefendable law.

But yeah I had very little expectations from this Administration anyways. I voted on who I thought would do a better job neither were in the "Coke" or "Pepsi" (a great euphemism describing the Democrats and the Republicans).

-- John O.