Is this really that important to the DOJ? If they don’t appeal it only is precedent for the Southern District of California, and then only in the bankruptcy courts in that district.

Now the couple AND their creditors are going to have to wait out a protracted battle on the constitutionality of DOMA? Say, what?

Yes, the appeal might barely possibly help in some future utopia, but meanwhile this couple (and their creditors, for that matter) is getting royally screwed by a DOJ which seemingly can’t tell its ass from a teakettle with both hands and a flashlight.

Yes Obama is better than McCain. No that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t criticize him when his administration does something wrong, or fails to do something right. The left generally values constructive criticism over loyalty. This decision seems to go against what the administration previously said is their policy on (not) defending DOMA.

As for Rhode Island… it’s absurd that New York, with a much more conservative legislature (and a much more conservative state overall), was able to just pass marriage equality… but Rhode Island with their super-majorities of Democrats is setting the bar at civil unions. They can and should be pushed harder.

There are already several cases moving towards precedent and this one is trailing far behind. No precedent will – or can be – set by this case. The only impact the decision to appeal will have is on those individuals who are seeking protection under the US Bankruptcy Code.

House Speaker John Boehner announced that his special counsel would not appeal this decision. But the Administration has decided to?

That’s very disturbing. It puts Obama and Holder further into the anti-marriage position than the Republican Speaker.