The Talking Point: Obama Is Refusing To Enforce The Law...The Facts: Obama And The DoJ Will Continue To Enforce DOMA, Despite Not Defending It In Court. ...
The Talking Point: Refusing To Defend DOMA Is Unconstitutional And Unprecedented...The Facts: Legal Precedent Exists For Refusing To Defend Unconstitutional Laws In Court. ...President George W. Bush Did The Same Thing When He Was President....As did President Bill Clinton....And President George H. W. Bush....Also, President Ronald Reagan...
The Talking Point: Obama Is Flip-Flopping In Order To Appease His Base...The Facts: Obama Has Been In Favor Of Repealing DOMA Since Before He Was Even Elected. ...
The Talking Point: Obama Wants To Force States To Recognize Out-Of-State Same-Sex Marriage...The Facts: Holder Only Dropped The Defense Of Section 3 Of DOMA. The suits currently challenging DOMA in the courts are specific to Section 3 of the law. Section 3 has to do with federal recognition of same-sex marriages already approved by the states....
The Talking Point: Obama Is Ignoring The Will Of The People... The Facts: Americans Are Evenly Divided On Marriage Equality. A poll released by the Associated Press in August of 2010 found that a narrow majority of Americans now supports federal recognition of married same-sex couples. 52% of respondents were in favor of marriage equality, with 46% opposed. ......
The Talking Point: Obama Is Wading Into Social Issues When He Should Be Focusing On The Economy....The Facts: Obama Was Legally Required To Take A Stand On The DOMA Lawsuits By March 11. ...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Debunking conservative talking points on DOMA
Equality Matters gives us a useful resource for the inevitable lies about what Obama's DOMA decision really means. Please visit their page for the details including quotes and citations, but here are some highlights.
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The Talking Point: Obama Is Wading Into Social Issues When He Should Be Focusing On The Economy....
I hope you will forgive my language, IT, but I feel this particular talking point and any conservative jackass who dares utter it deserves an extra special "F**K YOU!"
Where was all this concern for the economy when these jackasses were falling all over themselves putting effort into passing PropH8 or the various other anti marriage equality laws and amendments? Back then, the economy took a clear back seat to "stopping the queers." So now they want to suddenly say the economy is more important when the marriage equality issue isn't going their way? I don't think so!
Hypocrisy at its finest.
You go, Jarred. No argument from me!
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