Obama and the Constitutionality of DADT and Other LGBT Discrimination

By: Friday October 29, 2010 9:55 am

All signs point to the fact that President Obama considers DADT and LGBT discrimination to be merely a political problem and not a Constitutional rights issue. But the Constitution and its fundamental equality, due process and first amendment protections is not a political issue football to be tossed around, nor is it properly enforced by degree of popularity in the latest Gallup poll trendline.

The DOMA Decisions In The 9th Circuit

By: Wednesday December 23, 2009 6:33 pm

The Obama Administration, which ran hard on relief to the GLBT community and protection and equal protection of their rights, has made a practice of hiding behind the DOMA, which they once scorned when seeking to be elected, to deny equal protection. Prominent judges, from both sides of the spectrum, are calling foul.

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