Press Release - July 19th, 2011

“With his commonsense endorsement of the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), President Obama makes a strong follow up move to his having called DOMA unconstitutional and his instruction to the Department of Justice to no longer defend it in court,” said Michael Mitchell, NSD Executive Director. “It is in keeping with his promise to see DOMA repealed – something that no leading Republican candidate for President would ever dream of doing.

“DOMA has been an egregious affront to personal liberty since it was enacted almost 20 years ago and we strongly agree with the President, RMA’s sponsors and a solid majority of Americans that it’s time for it to end.”

Media Contact:
Michael Mitchell
mmitchell@stonewalldemocrats.org
(202) 625-1382

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