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Overturning DOMA is to overturn radicalism not conservatism, and restore the traditional balance between the federal government and the states on civil marriage. The feds have no role in this apart from recognizing whatever a state wants to do. Period. DOMA was a mixture of panic, misinformation, political opportunism … and yet another betrayal of conservatism by the fundamentalist wing of the GOP. Repealing it is the conservative thing to do.
Pointedly eloquent as ever, Andrew Sullivan delivers one of the most intelligent takes on DOMA yet.
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3-26-2013
DOMA culture and society politics thought and opinion Andrew Sullivan
No conservative not in thrall to religious fundamentalism can regard this reform as somehow anti-family. It is pro-family; it is socially integrative; it heals wounds, rather than opening them; it helps create more marriages that act as a critical civil society that keeps government at bay. Now I have a husband, I have a First Responder to all the crises of life. I have less need of government help, if I have a spouse’s help first.

Andrew Sullivan weighs in on Republican Senator Rob Portman’s historic stance for marriage equality. The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act on March 27. Bill Clinton has already stood up against DOMA.

To learn more about overturning DOMA, see Freedom to Marry.

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3-17-2013