Obama Stops Defending DOMA

The Obama administration finally drops its defense of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), declaring the administration's view that the anti-gay law is unconstitutional.

Obama DOJ Stops Defending DOMA

Gay Rights Advocates Celebrate Obama's DOMA Turnaround

Obama Declares Key Section of DOMA Unconstitutional

And in related marriage equality news...

Hawaii Gov. Signs Same-Sex Civil Unions Into Law

LGBT Equal Rights: The Next Step

Now that we are over the hump of repealing the military's anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, it's time to refocus on equality for LGBT people in the workplace, housing, and marriage.  President Obama has said that he supports overturning the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal recognition of same-sex marriages.  While V.P. Biden says gay marriage is "inevitable," President Obama says his views are "evolving."

It's time for liberal politicians to quit pretending they do not support marriage equality and get behind the next civil rights struggle-- marriage equality of gay and lesbian couples.

Gay Marriage in Vermont

Same-Sex Marriage Begins in Vermont

(Reuters) - Vermont legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after lawmakers overrode a veto from the governor by a wafer-thin margin, making the New England state the fourth in the United States where gays can wed.

The vote, nine years after Vermont was first in the United States to adopt a same-sex civil-union law, also makes the tiny state of 624,000 people the first in the nation to introduce gay marriage through legislative action instead of the courts.