Comments on: Will Obama’s DOMA Decision Backfire? http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/02/25/30867 News, analysis and fact-checking of anti-gay rhetoric Wed, 22 May 2013 15:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: OTRDriver1 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/02/25/30867/comment-page-1#comment-89680 OTRDriver1 Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:28:26 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=30867#comment-89680 All this would be relevent if the position of the Executive Branch were real. However the President and the DOJ are well within their rights to take the position to not defend a PORTION of DOMA. Since that is all they did. All the media are spinning this as a complete support and failure to defend the existing law which it is NOT! It would be really great if the Law Were Repealed. However it's only the portion SECTION 3 which sets the stage for the repeal of DADT which has been signed and now needs to be finalized after the Joint Chiefs and the President confirms it. All this would be relevent if the position of the Executive Branch were real. However the President and the DOJ are well within their rights to take the position to not defend a PORTION of DOMA.
Since that is all they did.

All the media are spinning this as a complete support and failure to defend the existing law which it is NOT!

It would be really great if the Law Were Repealed. However it’s only the portion SECTION 3 which sets the stage for the repeal of DADT which has been signed and now needs to be finalized after the Joint Chiefs and the President confirms it.

]]> By: TampaZeke http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/02/25/30867/comment-page-1#comment-89630 TampaZeke Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:46:39 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=30867#comment-89630 I have to wonder if Connant or Stone are at all familiar with Mineau. I don't think they would have written such a piece if they were. I have to wonder if Connant or Stone are at all familiar with Mineau.

I don’t think they would have written such a piece if they were.

]]> By: TampaZeke http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/02/25/30867/comment-page-1#comment-89629 TampaZeke Fri, 25 Feb 2011 20:44:49 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=30867#comment-89629 Allowing Mineau and his brand of Peter LaBarbara, Matt Barber extreme anti-gay animus to take up the case would be a HUGE win for our side. With their every word it will become painfully clear, even to many anti-gay people, that gays face observable, identifiable discrimination, oppression and extreme animus and are deserving of heightened scrutiny. Connant and Stone's argument is badly flawed on more points than I have time or energy to rebut. Allowing Mineau and his brand of Peter LaBarbara, Matt Barber extreme anti-gay animus to take up the case would be a HUGE win for our side. With their every word it will become painfully clear, even to many anti-gay people, that gays face observable, identifiable discrimination, oppression and extreme animus and are deserving of heightened scrutiny.

Connant and Stone’s argument is badly flawed on more points than I have time or energy to rebut.

]]> By: Ben in Oakland http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/02/25/30867/comment-page-1#comment-89625 Ben in Oakland Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:51:21 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=30867#comment-89625 They don't really have a case, and the nuttier the lawyers for the other side are, the better for us. They don’t really have a case, and the nuttier the lawyers for the other side are, the better for us.

]]> By: Steve http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/2011/02/25/30867/comment-page-1#comment-89623 Steve Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:11:22 +0000 http://www.boxturtlebulletin.com/?p=30867#comment-89623 I'm also interested to see the quality of the legal defense of DOMA that will be brought to the table by Congress. What are the chances that the likes of Peter Sprigg and Cliff Kincaid will play prominent roles, bringing Cameron-based "data," and discrediting the case made by Congress? I’m also interested to see the quality of the legal defense of DOMA that will be brought to the table by Congress.

What are the chances that the likes of Peter Sprigg and Cliff Kincaid will play prominent roles, bringing Cameron-based “data,” and discrediting the case made by Congress?

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