http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/06/04/doma-rewind-successful-1996-anti-gay-marriage-fight-was-led-by-gop-adulterers/ News and Opinion on Politics and Media Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:37:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/06/04/doma-rewind-successful-1996-anti-gay-marriage-fight-was-led-by-gop-adulterers/comment-page-1/#comment-204814 Pensito Review » The Real Threat to Marriage: Top 10 GOP Adulterers Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:59:00 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/06/04/doma-rewind-successful-1996-anti-gay-marriage-fight-was-led-by-gop-adulterers/#comment-204814 [...] 8. Former Rep. Bob Barr’s notoriety as an adulterer was one of many ironies around the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA) which he wrote, and which was passed with the leadership of fellow adulterers Sen. Majority Leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. [...] [...] 8. Former Rep. Bob Barr’s notoriety as an adulterer was one of many ironies around the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DoMA) which he wrote, and which was passed with the leadership of fellow adulterers Sen. Majority Leader Bob Dole and House Speaker Newt Gingrich. [...]

]]> http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/06/04/doma-rewind-successful-1996-anti-gay-marriage-fight-was-led-by-gop-adulterers/comment-page-1/#comment-65763 Trish Sun, 04 Jun 2006 23:51:33 +0000 http://www.pensitoreview.com/2006/06/04/doma-rewind-successful-1996-anti-gay-marriage-fight-was-led-by-gop-adulterers/#comment-65763 A constitutional amendment to "defend" marriage from gay people is brought to you by the same folks who want to protect English by passing a law making it the official language of America. Does having this law change Spanish-speakers (and Haitians) into English-speakers? Does a DoMA or amendment make gay people straight? Of course not, but they both do accomplish something: they make one group of Americans feel superior to another, and they distract from issues that actually matter and for which Republicans have no pat solutions, like solving the Iraq crisis, turning around global warming, and providing all Americans with access to health care. A constitutional amendment to “defend” marriage from gay people is brought to you by the same folks who want to protect English by passing a law making it the official language of America. Does having this law change Spanish-speakers (and Haitians) into English-speakers? Does a DoMA or amendment make gay people straight? Of course not, but they both do accomplish something: they make one group of Americans feel superior to another, and they distract from issues that actually matter and for which Republicans have no pat solutions, like solving the Iraq crisis, turning around global warming, and providing all Americans with access to health care.

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