Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, bashed the - TopicsExpress



          

Ralph Reed, chairman of the Faith & Freedom Coalition, bashed the decisions, too: Today’s Supreme Court opinions on marriage are a stunning and indefensible display of judicial activism. The Defense of Marriage Act merely codified what federal law already stated with regard to marital benefits. It passed Congress with a bipartisan majority large enough to pass a constitutional amendment and was signed into law by Bill Clinton. There has never been any attempt by either party to repeal or modify it. Social Security, income tax, family and medical leave law, Medicare, and other federal programs defined marriage as between a man and a woman long before DOMA became law. For the Supreme Court to rule otherwise is an Orwellian act of judicial fiat. We will now seek the passage of federal legislation to remedy this situation as much as possible given the parameters of the decision.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 20:39:44 +0000

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