House Dems To Push Legislative End To DOMA

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Sam Stein

House Dems To Push Legislative End To DOMA

Updated: 02/24/11 10:42 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/24/house-dems-to-push-legisl_n_827573.html

WASHINGTON -- In light of the Obama administration's decision to drop its legal support for the Defense of Marriage Act on the grounds that the president considers it unconstitutional, Democrats will be launching a renewed effort to formally overturn the federal gay-marriage ban through congressional action.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), a senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, told The Huffington Post that he will be introducing the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal DOMA, "very soon" and with "quite a few cosponsors."