Saturday, August 9, 2008

Pelosi Backs Obama on Repeal of Defense of Marriage Act

On the Spot (CNSNews.com) – If Barack Obama is elected president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will support him in fulfilling his vow to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which currently protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states as they ordinarily would be required to do by the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution.

“Yes,” Pelosi said Thursday at a press conference, when CNSNews.com asked if she would support Obama’s policy. Hear Audio

The DOMA defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for purposes of all federal laws. Signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996, the DOMA protects states from having to recognize same-sex marriages contracted in other states.


Of course - has anyone seen this mentioned in the Media? Any discussion on ABC? CBS? NBC? CNN? Has the Times covered it? google news search for doma pelosi and obama turns up just this one hit. Searching Obama, Pelosi and "defense of marriage act" turned up just one more hit.