Campaigns build to dump, protect DOMA

Former congressman and Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr, now thinks the Defense of Marriage Amendment, which he wrote, should be repealed. Barr stated his agreement with President-elect Barack Obama in a commentary in the Los Angeles Times: “If one truly believes in federalism and the primacy of state government over the federal, DOMA is simply […]

Former congressman and Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr, now thinks the Defense of Marriage Amendment, which he wrote, should be repealed.

Barr stated his agreement with President-elect Barack Obama in a commentary in the Los Angeles Times: “If one truly believes in federalism and the primacy of state government over the federal, DOMA is simply incompatible with those notions.”

But religious conservatives are voicing disagreement with that view this week.


Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and the dean of Liberty University School of Law, issued a statement that responded to Barr: “The sovereignty of each state to preserve the integrity of marriage must be maintained. Marriage as the union of one man and one woman is the first foundation of a stable and healthy government.”

And the Alliance for Marriage has launched a petition drive on its “Protect DOMA” Web site in response to People for the American Way’s “Dump DOMA” initiative.

(Photo credit: www.bobbarr.org)

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