It is past time for this hateful piece of legislation to be repealed.  As a part of the 18,000 in California, I will dance at DOMA's wake.

Yes, it is past time for this hate enshrined in law to be repealed. I, too, will be very happy if this gets repealed because it will be a signal to all the right-wing haters out there that people are tired of their nonsense.

DOMA protects no one's marriage. If a straight couple divorces, LGBTQ people have nothing to do with it. A marriage falls because of problems within that marriage (abuse, adultery, etc.) and not because LGBTQ have the right to legally wed the one they love and want to be with.

DOMA is purely and simply political pandering to the religious wrong in this country and it needs to be repealed as soon as possible.

Maybe we should pass a law to repeal gravity while we're at it.  After all, that Law of Gravity thing is so oppressive to those of us who want to fly. 

By the way, marriage is intrinsically a religious institution.  So, maybe the government should get out of the marriage business altogether and respect the separation of church and state. 

People For the American Way has a petition to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Reid to do just this.

http://www.DumpDOMA.com

Marriage is no longer just a religious institution.  It has many legal, political and monetary implications.

It is time for DOMA to be repealed.

DOMA is Dogma.
It should be abolished.

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Please help Congress get the message loud and clear: America supports passage of the Uniting American Families Act!

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The only law promulgated to deny only one class within the citizenry to enjoy equal rights in all states of the Union is DOMA.

First of all, DOMA has a disingeneous nomenclature. It "defends" marriage equality by keeping it a heterosexist legal instrument.

Marriage by the Religious Right speaks to raising children in traditional families when the majority of families are the products of divorce and discordance.

Yet, it provides marriage to heterosexual couples who have no intention, ability, or menopausal reality to have children. Meanwhile, same-sex couples raising children - sometimes children they discarded and we adopted - along with surrogacy -are denied access to the institution.DOMA was Bill Clinton's ticket to a second term in 1996. The GOP set a trap for him, and fearing his Monica Lewinsky scandal would undo him, threw the gays under the bus.I am tired of the Clinton "Jim Crow Civil Union" and want our full rights.

Well, I'm a white male Christian.  Born in MS and living in TN for the past 11 years.  I believe homosexual acts are sins. 

I also believe that lying is a sin, as is hate, heterosexual sex outside of marriage, etc.  In short, if the Bible says it's wrong I agree.  We are all sinners and fall well short of the glory of God.

I believe DOMA needs to be overturned.  If denying homosexuals marriage rights would save their eternal souls then I'd be all for it, but it doesn't.  It just promotes hate and close ears to Jesus' message of love and acceptance for all sinners.  Christianity is something you have to choose of your own free will, not something people should be bullied into or forced to pretend they believe.  Entirely too many Christians today act like the pharisees of Jesus' time and too few like Jesus.  Jesus loved all and chose not to judge.

I don't think the Church should perform homosexual weddings any more than I believe they should legitimize heterosexual affairs.  For those that feel marriage is strictly a religious idea, Christianity isn't the only religion and I'm sure a homosexual religion could be formed if there isn't already one that supports it.  Many Christian churches choose to ignore the Bible and support homosexual lifestyles already.

I realize this forum wasn't designed as a way for me to express my beliefs, but I feel too many Christians speak up and so our only voice are the loud bigots.  I don't like people thinking Jesus would be like them or would support them.  I voted for this idea.

Hey fellow LGBT and allies,

Please support the Uniting American Families Act too under Immigration Reform -- It is for equal immigration rights for same-sex binational couples.

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/equal_immigration_rights_for_same_sex_binational_couples

@RM
 You have made a false analogy, the law of gravity is a physical observation of an objective fact, the DOMA is a rule imposed by a set of people upon another set of people. I cannot "break" the law of gravity, it is not a law in that sense, but rather a _mathematical formula_ which _describes an observed phenomenon_. As it stands, if I were so inclined, I couldn't "break" the DOMA, either, but other laws -- for instance, the law against jaywalking -- is a law I can break. It is a legal notion describing a rule which we -- as a people, or perhaps as a subset of that people -- have mutually agreed upon. Your comment is fallacious, and as such may be disregarded as empty -- albeit virtual -- hot air.

@Chris Jones

As a Straight, White, Male Former Christian, now atheist (in the words of John Cleese, "I got better"), I'm not sure whether you're coming or going on this issue- you believe it's a sin, fair enough, but you're for it being repealed. You suggested a homosexual religion -- which I think is besides the point, but okay -- and you also noted that, "I don't think the Church should perform homosexual weddings..." My thinking is that we are on the same page on the issue -- the DOMA should be DONE-A... :) -- but, if I may indulge to ask, why is it ... precisely ... you find homosexuality to be a sin? One of the big questions I always had a hard time answering -- even as a fundamentalist, firebrand independent KJV 1611 baptist -- was what exactly was _wrong_ with the notion. Especially after learning things like HIV/AIDS and other STDs were not -- as I was taught -- the result of homosexual male activity, but rather a species of monkey... (I can get the source if you'd like it).

I principly ask because you seem like a fairly rational guy, and I'm curious to hear it.

- O.L. /Joe

Please vote for the Uniting American Families Act under
Immigration Reform. It's for equal immigration rights for same-sex
binational couples. Anyone how loves someone out side the USA needs our help! Please help push this though. With all of your help, your friends, and family we can help push the message to Obama that America needs UAFA now! Please take a moment and vote.

Here is a link if it does not work use click "ideas" on the tool bar and look.

http://www.change.org/ideas/view/equal_immigration_rights_for_same_sex_binational_couples

Thank you very much

Xavier

There is no way i would vote to repeal this. Im not against gay partners having the same legal rights as married couples, but many are offended by someone changing the definition of a very old institution.

If gay couples want equal rights, give them equality, but marriage is the union of a man and a woman. Everyone has the right to join in that, and if you choose that you don't wish to, then you are not getting married.

Equal Rights yes, but changing an institution to the way you want it so that you can do what you want is a no go.

Mr. Morse:

This is a letter that your ideological ancestors could have written:

There is no way I would vote to repeal Jim Crow. I'm not against Colored Folks or Negroes having the same legal rights as White People, but many White People like us are offended by someone changing the definition of the Old South.

If Negroes want equal rights, give them their equality, but White People's Words count, BUT MARRIAGE IS THE UNION OF ONE WHITE MAN AND ONE WHITE WOMAN. If you are a WHITE MAN and she is a BLACK WOMAN, or vice versa - then change your race or accept it that God would not have placed you on different continents had he wanted the races mixed.

Marriage is an institution that has not changed. Woman is still subject to the Man. Ask your preacher how many Leviticus laws that he would like to see in God fearing America. Thank God, a woman owns no property in 1899, nor can she vote federally. She has no rights her father and husband give her. It is GOD"S WAY IN THE BUY BULL. Oh, yes in Wyoming, women can vote in state elections. HOW THEY SHAME THEIR GOD AND THE HOLY BIBLE.

I believe that your separate but equal RIGHT WING THEOCRATIC nomenclature will not stand. It will be MARRIAGE and hopefully we will not make a mockery of the institution that you heterosexuals have done with it....especially in the Buy Bull Belt.

To take away states' rights would be unconstitutional.  Many states have put it to a ballot vote and their decisions were made democratically. 

Duane Hauser-

Your drive-by act of spiritual violence does damage to Christ Himself. BTW, the term "abomination" meant a cultural taboo, and not what you propose it is. Remember that when you break all the taboos in Hebrew scripture.

No, this rector does not see Christ at all. I see Right Wing Religionism, all right. Remember, the Great Decalogue speaks to loving your neighbour as yourself. The Ten Commandments speak to not bearing false witness against your neighbour.

Pray for repentance.      The Rt. Rev. Dr. Raymond Sawyer

First of all, I am offended by your use of the word "queer." From your lips, it speaks to homophobia.

Don't tell me that all Christians speak with one voice, and a homophobic one at that. That is a lie.

When "Christians" fail to love their neighbour as themselves, and bear false witness against their neighbor, they fail to live up to the Commandments of the Decalogue.

Hatred is not a Christian virtue, Mr. Hauser.

Mr Hauser,

You might as well be right wing when you spew hatred in the manner you have. Your ignorance and hatred in this day and age are despicable.

Actually, Rev Sawyer is not attacking gay people as you are. I suggest that you consider a class in reading and comprehension.

Thank you,

Right Rev. Ioan Lightoller

dear mr. hauser,
   what the heck are the 'laws of physics of the human race'?
   what 'queers' are attacking you or your god or your precious christians?
   millions and millions of christians are 'queer', for your information.   i'm a heterosexual white middle-aged woman,  and there are no 'queers' attacking me.
  oh,  by the way,  i heartily approve of 'their ways'.
  'their ways' are human love and human sexuality.

  actually,  it's bigoted imbeciles like you i find to be an ABOMINATION.

Please also vote for Equal Immigration Rights for Same Sex Binational Couples
under Immigration, thank you.

While repealing DOMA would be a very good thing, I don't see how this proposal outlines what the Obama administration can do to get there.

DOMA is unconstitutional because the constitution states that every state must recognize every other state's licenses. If one state gives a license of marriage to gay people, however, DOMA will allow that state to sidestep constitutional law just to oppress a people different than them.

It's disgusting. Get rid of it.