andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 6/13/2009
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Lars Thorwald has a strong post on why Obama's DOJ brief in defense of DOMA is in fact a keeping of a promise: to restore the rule of law after eight years of abuse. I take every point he makes. Read the whole thing. After this back-and-forth today, I think we can summarize: the brief is (just ...
thomas.loc.gov - 6/9/2009
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DOMA Fury
The Mahablog —
... There are a few defending the Obama Administration on the grounds that, while we may wish the law to be otherwise, the law is the law; see Sully. However, even Sully admits there is language in the DoJ’s brief that is outrageous and homophobic and inexcusable. ...
FROM BUSH TO OBAMA — CONTINUITY CONTINUES! “Obama says he opposes DOMA as a policy matter and want…
Instapundit —
FROM BUSH TO OBAMA — CONTINUITY CONTINUES! “Obama says he opposes DOMA as a policy matter and wants to repeal it. Nothing in the DOJ brief prevents him from acting on that belief. He is, he says, a ‘fierce advocate’ for gay and lesbian Americans. When does that part start?”
Andrew Sullivan, meanwhile, says the brief is “defensible” though “terribly deflating.”
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Trembling, unhinged hatemonger wrestles his personal demons
Cold Fury —
... is good, decent, and just, and therefore any comparison to actual, quantifiable evil — ie, evil that doesn’t really require lengthy explanation (or whackjob conspiracy theorizing) to understand as such — is germane, reasonable, and appropriate. For progressivist psychotics like Sullivan, anything and everything can and shall be blamed on their unholy triumvirate of Rove, Cheney, and Bush — forever and ever, amen. Meanwhile, the person who truly did betray the spluttering buffoon gets a pass , presumably because he’s still, I dunno, a “person of good will” or something. ...
"Gay rights"
Some Guy With a Website by August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com —
... Obama has utterly failed to deliver on almost all of the most major promises he made in his campaign. A large response was the expected, angered "you haven't given him enough time yet" excuse. When, Obama has apparently taken plenty of time to come up with a detailed and explicit legal brief supporting the Defense Of Marriage Act that goes as far as to include nearly verbatim right-wing talking points about why gay people shouldn't have equal rights.
For more on this, see Andrew Sullivan, Pam, Barry, and Matt, who points out how the Obama ...
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