WTF, dear "fierce advocate" President Obama?

Well, I cannot do a better analysis right now of the US Attorney General's brief supporting the federal Defense of Marriage Act, a brief written by the Obama administration, than our friends at AMERICAblog.

Instead of arguing the technicalities and pushing for dismissal, there are substantive and damaging arguments put forth.

Legally, they challenge the recognition of gays as a suspect class and ignore our rights to equal protection and access to basic civil rights.

Personally, the most disgusting and weakest argument is, "DOMA saves the federal government money."

The reasoning in the brief is disgusting and reprehensible, and Obama and his administration need to answer for it.

I wonder how US Attorney General Eric Holder and John Berry, director of the Office of Personnel Management and the highest-ranking openly gay presidential appointee in history, would talk about this brief, disclosed on the day after they appeared at an event honoring the Stonewall Rebellion? In fact, at that event, Holder noted, “Let’s be honest, too many of the same obstacles that existed then remain for us to overcome. But neither the frustrations of the past, nor the challenges of the future should deter us from our goal — our responsibility — to continue our efforts to ensure the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans.” Does that right also relate to same-sex couples??

I am not someone who thinks everyone must have "marriage," but I do believe that everyone should have the right to a civil recognition of their relationship, and that it should be called the same thing for everyone. And I do believe in LGBT folks as a suspect class (read: a group that has been historically and currently discriminated against and therefore should receive closer scrutiny and support by the courts).

Paint me--NOT HAPPY!