Why should a candidate be for repealing DOMA?
Because the so-called “DOMA” or federal anti-marriage law passed in 1996 was a radical and cruel departure from 200+ years in which the federal government honored the marriages of Americans without discrimination. So-called DOMA creates two classes of marriage, first-class marriages for those the federal government likes, which receive more than 1000 legal protections and incidents, and second-class marriages, for those the government doesn’t like, which get no access to this important safety-net that matters to couples, kids, and those interacting with them. In the United States, we don’t have second-class citizens, and we shouldn’t have second-class marriages, either. Government has no business putting obstacles in the path of Americans seeking to care for one another — gay or non-gay. 3. What is Section Three of DOMA, which Senator Clinton wants to repeal, and what would remain if that section is taken out? Senator Clinton, like all the other Democrats running for president, favors
