Obama Admin References Incest, Child Rape in DOMA Defense
Obama defends DOMA in federal court. Says banning gay marriage is good for the federal budget. Invokes incest and marrying children.
At AMERICABlogs, John Aravosis writes:
“despicable, and gratuitously homophobic. It reads as if it were written by one of George Bush’s top political appointees. I cannot state strongly enough how damaging this brief is to us. Obama didn’t just argue a technicality about the case, he argued that DOMA is reasonable. That DOMA is constitutional. That DOMA wasn’t motivated by any anti-gay animus. He argued why our Supreme Court victories in Roemer and Lawrence shouldn’t be interpreted to give us rights in any other area (which hurts us in countless other cases and battles). He argued that DOMA doesn’t discriminate against us because it also discriminates about straight unmarried couples (ignoring the fact that they can get married and we can’t).He actually argued that the courts shouldn’t consider Loving v. Virginia, the miscegenation case in which the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to ban interracial marriages, when looking at gay civil rights cases. He told the court, in essence, that blacks deserve more civil rights than gays, that our civil rights are not on the same level.”
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References Incest, Child Rape… DOJ Defends
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Group discloses adoption ban petition signers online in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK — A Massachusetts gay rights group Tuesday posted on the Internet the names and addresses of more than 83,000 Arkansans who signed petitions last year to put a gay adoption ban on the state ballot, action the leader of the ballot initiative condemned as “pure intimidation.”
KnowThyNeighbor.org said it intended to make petition signers accountable for their support of the measure that prohibits unmarried couples who live together from adopting children or serving as foster parents in the state.
Though the new law affects all unmarried cohabiting couples, the sponsoring organization made no secret the measure targeted gays. It received 57 percent of the vote in the November general election.
“(They) need to stand behind their signatures and be responsible for this dehumanizing attack on the gay community,” KnowThyNeighbor.org’s director, Tom Lang, said in a release. “It’s disgraceful that they have chosen to exercise their prejudice at the expense of children who are now being denied access to loving adoptive and foster parents. Such activity must be challenged and cannot be allowed to pass under the cover of darkness.”
The group accessed the information from the Arkansas secretary of state’s office. Petition lists are public information under state law, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Charlie Daniels said.
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Colorado governor signs partner bill
(Denver, Colorado) Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter has signed a domestic partner bill making it easier for unmarried couples to make medical decisions for incapacitated partners and leave property to their partners.
The measure would apply to same- and opposite-sex unmarried couples.
The Designated Beneficiary Agreement Act was passed last month in the …
Tags: Agreement Act, Beneficiary Agreement, Bill Ritter, Colorado Colorado, Colorado Gov, Colorado Governor, Denver Colorado, Denver Gov, Domestic Partner, Gov Bill Ritter, Governor Signs, Medical Decisions, Unmarried CouplesSuit to proceed against Arkansas adoption ban
(Little Rock, Arkansas) An Arkansas judge ruled that a lawsuit challenging a law banning unmarried couples from becoming adoptive or foster parents can move forward.
In a hearing Tuesday on the state application to dismiss the lawsuit, Arkansas Deputy Attorney General Justin Allen argued that no one has a basic right …
Tags: Arkansas Adoption, Deputy Attorney General, Foster Parents, Little Rock Arkansas, State Application, Unmarried CouplesConcerns mount over Ohio adoption rules
(Cincinnati, Ohio) Butler County commissioners have asked the county prosecutor to review a new rule by the Children Services Agency that could be used to discriminate against gay and unmarried couples. Butler County is in suburban Cincinnati.
The county run adoption service allows caseworkers to give preference to legally married opposite-sex …
Tags: Adoption Ohio, Adoption Rules, Adoption Service, Butler County Commissioners, Caseworkers, Cincinnati Ohio, County Prosecutor, Ohio Adoption, Preference, Suburban Cincinnati, Unmarried CouplesAnti-gay group allowed to enter Arkansas adoption case
(Little Rock, Arkansas) A judge has ruled that that a lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law banning unmarried couples from becoming foster or adoptive parents can proceed - and that the conservative group behind the measure can present arguments in the case.
County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza dismissed a motion by Arkansas …
Tags: Adoption Case, Adoptive Parents, Anti Gay, Arkansas Adoption, Arkansas Law, Circuit Judge, Conservative Group, Gay Adoption, Gay Group, Little Rock Arkansas, Piazza, Unmarried CouplesConcerns mount over Ohio adoption rules
(Cincinnati, Ohio) Butler County commissioners have asked the county prosecutor to review a new rule by the Children Services Agency that could be used to discriminate against gay and unmarried couples. Butler County is in suburban Cincinnati.
The county run adoption service allows caseworkers to give preference to legally married opposite-sex …
Tags: Adoption Ohio, Adoption Rules, Adoption Service, Butler County Commissioners, Caseworkers, Cincinnati Ohio, County Prosecutor, Ohio Adoption, Preference, Suburban Cincinnati, Unmarried CouplesAnti-gay group allowed to enter Arkansas adoption case
(Little Rock, Arkansas) A judge has ruled that that a lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law banning unmarried couples from becoming foster or adoptive parents can proceed - and that the conservative group behind the measure can present arguments in the case.
County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza dismissed a motion by Arkansas …
Tags: Adoption Case, Adoptive Parents, Anti Gay, Arkansas Adoption, Arkansas Law, Circuit Judge, Conservative Group, Gay Adoption, Gay Group, Little Rock Arkansas, Piazza, Unmarried CouplesAnti-gay group allowed to enter Arkansas adoption case
(Little Rock, Arkansas) A judge has ruled that that a lawsuit challenging an Arkansas law banning unmarried couples from becoming foster or adoptive parents can proceed - and that the conservative group behind the measure can present arguments in the case.
County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza dismissed a motion by Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel to dismiss the suit. Piazza then accepted an application by the Arkansas Family Council to enter the case.
The council was behind the successful ballot measure past last November that bans unmarried couples from adopting or fostering. The American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas filed suit, challenging the constitutionality of the law on behalf of a dozen families, some straight, some gay.
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Kentucky anti-gay adoption bill advances
(Frankfort, Kentucky) Legislation that would bar unmarried couples in Kentucky from adopting or fostering children has passed a key committee and now advances to a vote on the floor of the Senate.
The measure states that anyone “cohabitating with a sexual partner outside of marriage” cannot be considered as a foster …
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