the only game in townSince the passage of Prop 8, I have lost interest or faith in any effort to gain marriage rights state by state. I am convinced, as are a number of my activist friends, that the best place for us to put our energy is in reforming DOMA. President Obama clearly stated on his website, before the election that he would amend DOMA to give all recognized unions federal rights. This is what we need, this will make the difference for all gays and lesbians in all 50 states. I decided not to give a penny more or a minute more of my time to any organization that doesn make this their priority. We have sponsors in the House and Senate and a president that will sign wow po. This MUST be done before mid-term elections or we risk a backlash vote that destroys our majority vote in Congress. I urge you to put the reform of DOMA at the very top of your to-do list. That where it at - that where I at! - QueenralphOn the other hand wow gold, the more states that recognize marriage equality, the more momentum to overturn the federal DOMA. Right now it pretty easy for the federal governement to ignore same-sex married couples in two small New England states (which the red states can claim are liberal and unrepresentative of the majority of the country). But if 30-50% of the states issued marriage licenses that the federal government was ignoring, the case becomes a more substantial issues. Not that that should be required before equality is achieved, but Washington is good at ignoring controversial issues it doesn absolutely have to deal with. So I think we need to keep working on both the state and federal level. There a theory about the tipping point: only when enough states have approved marriage equality will the federal government act and secure the right nation-wide, forcing the red states to comply."Since the passage of Prop 8, I have lost interest or faith in any effort to gain marriage rights state by state. I am convinced, as are a number of my activist friends, that the best place for us to put our energy is in reforming DOMA. President Obama clearly stated on his website, before the election that he would amend DOMA to give all recognized unions federal rights. This is what we need, this will make the difference for all gays and lesbians in all 50 states. I decided not to give a penny more or a minute more of my time to any organization that doesn make this their priority. We have sponsors in the House and Senate and a president that will sign. This MUST be done before mid-term elections or we risk a backlash vote that destroys our majority vote in Congress. I urge you to put the reform of DOMA at the very top of your to-do list. That where it at - that where I at! - Queenralph"There is no real guarantee that President Obama will sign such a law if it reaches his desk. He has already backtracked on several issues he said he would change if we just gave him the chance. I really hope that he would sign a repeal of DOMA but with every promise he goes back on I become more convinced that he is just another politician that will say whatever it takes to get elected. I will, of course, hold out hope since his presidency is still so young and he can still make good on promises he made even if they go against the Quo class="controlsNode" id="controlsNode_16348591" rel="">I tend to lean against federal efforts and toward state-by-state efforts because I think the changes in laws and attitudes will be more lasting. Who to say if DOMA is repealed, it can be passed again in one fell swoop? However I think President Obama campaign pledges around the Defense of Marriage Act are encouraging. I favor going after opportunities like this. I would point out there are also opportunities state-by-state."State by state efforts have heavily favored our opposition. Each election cycle sees another state (red or blue) either removing rights (such as adoption) or repealing rights (such as marriage). If you look at the ratios of successes to failures and the enormous amounts of money and time we all given to multitudes of organizations that are theoretically fighting on our behalf you see a resounding, collective failure.
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