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发帖数: 22013 | 1 By David Jackson, USA TODAY
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CAPTION By Nicholas Kamm, AFP/Getty Images
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said today that members of his caucus
will defend the law that forbids federal recognition of same-sex marriages,
little more than a week after the Obama administration said it would no
longer defend the law in court.
"It is regrettable that the Obama administration has opened this divisive
issue at a time when Americans want their leaders to focus on jobs and the
challenges facing our economy," Boehner said in a statement issued today.
The Obama administration announced Feb. 23 it would no longer argue on
behalf of the Defense of Marriage Act in pending lawsuits.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said President Obama has long opposed the
law as "unnecessary and unfair" and administration attorneys regard it as
unfair as well.
In his statement, Boehner said Congress passed the law on a bipartisan basis
in 1996, and President Bill Clinton signed it.
"The constitutionality of this law should be determined by the courts,"
Boehner said. "Not by the president unilaterally." |
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