1.0 link 217005 <![CDATA[White House Defends Anti-Gay Marriage Brief Amid Furor]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/17/white-house-defends-anti_n_217005.html A week after the Justice Department filed a motion in support of the Defense of Marriage Act, White House Press Secretary reiterated the president's commitment to changing that law.

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon -- just hours before the President was set to sign a presidential memorandum to extend benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees -- Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fielded a question from ABC News' Jake Tapper about the administration's position on the Defense of Marriage...

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