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.
Obama and the Constitutionality of DADT and Other LGBT Discrimination |
| By: bmaz Friday October 29, 2010 9:55 am |
The DOMA Decisions In The 9th Circuit |
| By: bmaz 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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