Tag Archives: DOMA

Per MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts.(Via – Think Progress)

Sen. Bob Menendez has become the 32nd member of the Senate to become a sponsor of the bill to repeal DOMA. Freedom To Marry applauds via press release: “Freedom to Marry applauds Senator Menendez for joining the growing list of senators who call on the federal government to end its discriminatory treatment of married same-sex couples,” said Marc Solomon, National …

Yesterday the Senate passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act without any infamous DOMA repeal attachment. Virtually every national hate group has been raising money on the falsehood that Sen. Dianne Feinstein would insert the repeal of DOMA into the bill. The version already passed by the House also does not include a DOMA repeal. Instead it contains …

BREAKING! NOM has launched YET ANOTHER hysteria-laden plea for donations because Congress is THISCLOSE to repealing DOMA! Except…they AREN’T. Not in a million years. Or at least not until the Democrats regain control of both houses, whatever century that happens. NOM obviously has rilly rilly low regard for the intelligence of their followers since they feel so free to flagrantly …

You are OPPRESSING their campaign to deny you the civil rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution! Stop that fucking oppression, you homofascists! STOP IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

They know it isn’t happening, but they sure don’t mind riling up their followers with an easily Google-able lie.

Responding to a question posed by NOM’s Brian Brownshirt, tonight Herman Cain demonstrated an astounding lack of knowledge of how government works. Not one person on the panel bothered to correct him.

Late this afternoon NOM fired out an “emergency alert” that “Senate liberals” headed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein were planning to attach the repeal of DOMA to a “must pass” Defense Authorization Bill. The outrage! The trickery! The…totally untrue lie by compulsive liars who can’t stop lying?The Human Rights Campaign’s Fred Sainz moves in for the kill. “Their members and their …

Recapping the DOMA battle in the Senate and the continuing fight over Proposition 8.

“Virtually any advance in civil rights or any kind of rights has been carried by the Democratic Party. It’s just a fact. So, we’ll just march on. We’ll continue this. And if I have to reintroduce it next session, I’ll reintroduce it. Session after that, I’ll reintroduce it.” – Sen. Diane Feinstein, acknowledging the temporary end of the campaign to …

Even though everybody on Capitol Hill and every marriage activist (on both sides) knows that the battle to repeal DOMA in Congress is over, today NOM joins the Family Research Council in launching a petition campaign to stop this horrible thing which can never, ever happen. Brian Brownshirt pretends the repeal will come any minute now: If enacted, the bill …

“It was disgusting to see adults trivialize marriage by bickering about benefits for gay couples while the rights and interests of children in the marriage of their mothers and fathers were being thrown under the bus. Children have a right to know and be cared for by their mothers and fathers, and government has an obligation to promote the recognition …

A special DOMA vote edition.

“Today’s vote disrespects Americans across the country who want to protect marriage as the union of one man and one woman – and have done as much in the 31 states who have passed statewide referenda in favor of marriage. It will also require Americans in every state to subsidize homosexual couples by using tax dollars to provide them with …

Log Cabin Republicans “Today’s hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee makes clear what we already knew – that while the nation is fast approaching a tipping point in favor of respecting all marriages, we are not there yet,” said R. Clarke Cooper, Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director. “There is much work to be done before we cross the finish line. …