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News Release
For Immediate Release: August 18, 2009
Contact: Diane Gramley 1.814.271.9078 or 1.814.437.5355

Obama Continues to Payback Homosexual Activists Who Voted For Him

(Harrisburg) President Barack Obama continues his move away from the American people as his administration has filed to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act saying it discriminates against homosexuals. Too many listened to his campaign rhetoric and not enough questions were asked as Obama promised America he supported civil unions but not same-sex marriage. Many organizations, including the American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), encouraged Americans to look beyond the words of the candidate and look at his actions.

“Senator Barack Obama of Illinois stated that he supported complete repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. This was ignored during the campaign. Now President Barack Obama has asked his Justice Department to take the steps to see that this repeal takes place. This is really no surprise as Obama issued a proclamation designating June as ‘gay pride’ month, gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to homosexual activist Harvey Milk and arranged numerous audiences with homosexual activist groups in recent weeks,” noted Diane Gramley, president of the AFA of PA.

A new brief filed yesterday by Justice Department lawyer Scott Simpson declares that the Obama administration "does not support DOMA as a matter of policy," and "believes that the Act is discriminatory and should be repealed by Congress." In a written statement, President Obama states that he has "long held that DOMA prevents LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered] couples from being granted equal rights and benefits."

The Justice Department seems to be divided against itself as at the same time the administration has filed papers challenging DOMA, attorneys with the Justice Department are seeking to dismiss a suit brought by a homosexual California couple who seek the same objective. Obama is trying to stay above the fray by saying one thing in public while asking his Justice Department to support a repeal of DOMA.

The first section of DOMA defines marriage for the purpose of federal law as one man and one woman. DOMA reaffirms that each state’s decision on marriage is protected: “No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship.”

“If the Defense of Marriage Act is repealed that will have ripple affects across the nation as states will no longer have protection from being forced to recognize same-sex ‘marriages’ from other states where it is legal. Even though the voters in 30 states have passed Marriage Protection Amendments banning same-sex marriage that will all be negated if the administration is successful in repealing DOMA. Each day it is becoming more apparent just how radical President Obama’s homosexual agenda is,” Gramley commented.

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