Obama Doma

Jennifer Bendery

House Democrats Fire Up Base Over Boehner's Defense Of DOMA

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.08.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama may not want to talk about gay marriage, but House Democrats are ready to fire up the base on the issue. The D...

Sam Stein

Gay Marriage Stance Becomes Character Test For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's ongoing evolution on the issue of same-sex marriage has ceased being only a topic of friction between him and t...

Sam Stein

Joe Biden Makes Major Statement On Same Sex Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden became the highest-ranking official in the Obama administration to signal support for same-sex marriage on Sund...

Lawyer: DOMA Amounts To 'Across-The-Board Disrespect'

AP | By DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 04.04.2012

BOSTON -- A lawyer for gay married couples argued Wednesday that a law that denies them a host of federal benefits given to heterosexual couples amoun...

Elise Foley

Same-Sex Couples Sue To Stop DOMA Discrimination On Green Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 04.02.2012

WASHINGTON -- Five same-sex couples that are unable to obtain green cards for a foreign-born partner filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Defense of ...

WATCH: Gay California Man's Poignant Plea To President Obama To Stop Husband's Deportation

Posted 03.21.2012

A California gay man's heartbreaking plea to prevent the deportation of his immigrant husband is making the blogosphere rounds just days before the co...

There Can Be No Second-Class Service Members

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.20.2012

Aubrey Sarvis

Commanders in the field are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with a two-tiered system of benefits and support for service members and their families. The colleagues of gay and lesbian military families are recognizing the inequalities and inherent unfairness of the status quo.

Amanda Terkel

Obama, LGBT Groups Struggle Over Party Platform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.15.2012

WASHINGTON -- An unexpected surge in support to place same-sex marriage on the Democratic Party platform at the August convention has energized LGBT a...

San Francisco Married Couple Wins Deportation Reprieve

Posted 01.05.2012

A California gay couple embroiled in a complex immigration battle won a two-year reprieve against the threat of deportation Wednesday -- with a little...

Rick Santorum: Mitt Romney Is 'To The Left' Of President Obama

The Huffington Post | Hayley Miller | Posted 11.14.2011

WASHINGTON -- Former senator Rick Santorum accused fellow presidential hopeful Mitt Romney of being more liberal than President Obama when it comes to...

Elise Foley

Obama: Defense of Marriage Issue Will Be Settled Soon

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.28.2011

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama said he thinks the courts will decide "fairly soon" whether to end the Defense of Marriage Act, hinting that he b...

Amanda Terkel

Record Support For Repealing Ban On Gay Marriage

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.15.2011

WASHINGTON -- North Carolina Republicans pushing for a state ban on same-sex marriage may be dismayed to know that their efforts have galvanized oppos...

My Three Favorite Excuses for Obama's Epic Failures

Lev Raphael | Posted 10.03.2011

Lev Raphael

Every time Obama gets criticized even by people like me who voted for him, the excuses roll out from diehard supporters.

Gay Marriage Supporters Lobby For DOMA Repeal, Compare Struggle To Civil Rights Movement

AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 09.19.2011

WASHINGTON — Proponents of same-sex marriage are likening their cause to the civil rights battles, calling once more for repeal of a 1996 law th...

Tyler Kingkade

DOMA Defense: Boehner Complaint Dropped By Watchdog Group CREW

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 09.12.2011

WASHINGTON -- When House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced he would spend $500,000 to hire an outside law firm to defend the Defense of Marriage...

Obama and Marriage: Do We Need a Secret Gay-Decoder Ring?

Tracy Baim | Posted 09.05.2011

Tracy Baim

Mr. President, I have come to terms with your rules of engagement on LGBT issues. I have decided to tune out your well-written and dramatically spoken words. Instead, I will focus on your actions.

Amanda Terkel

White House Backs Paul Clement's DOMA Defense

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.27.2011

WASHINGTON -- The White House is rejecting criticisms of a prominent conservative attorney's decision to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) on ...

Amanda Terkel

Boehner: Obama Admin. Should Pay GOP To Defend Anti-Gay Marriage Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.18.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Monday the Department of Justice should give the House money to defend the Defense of Marriage ...

How Religion Can Help (And Hurt) Our Understanding Of Marriage And Family

Barbara Crafton | Posted 05.26.2011

Barbara Crafton

The nuclear family, so often imagined to be the norm in America, is not the only family of the scriptures. It is not even the majority family of the scriptures.

Will Another Dream Fade? Obama Should Endorse Same-Sex Marriages for Immigration Purposes

Bill Ong Hing | Posted 05.25.2011

Bill Ong Hing

U.S. citizens and lawful residents with same-sex partners who have overstayed nonimmigrant visas live in constant fear that their partner may be deported.

Proposition 8 Supporters Dismiss Obama's DOMA Stand

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO -- Lawyers for sponsors of California's gay marriage ban say the Obama administration's refusal to defend a federal law prohibiting gove...

DOMA: What Will Congress Do?

Jon Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011

Jon Davidson

The political backlash has already been furious -- and inaccurate. Instead of using time and taxpayer money to defend discrimination in court, Congress should put this bad law to rest by repealing it.

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Arianna Huffington

This week, President Obama decided to no longer defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act -- a decision that, in another time, would have been expected to prompt major blowback. The fact that it didn't is another indication that social issues no longer pack the punch they once did. Elsewhere, the fighting escalated and an embattled strongman stuck back aggressively. I'm talking, of course, about Charlie Sheen, who unleashed a series of ugly diatribes aimed at his producer, Chuck Lorre, prompting CBS to pull the plug on Two and a Half Men for the rest of the season. If this is a harbinger, The Fighter will take home the best picture Oscar. But the buzz at all the pre-Oscar events is that it's a two-film race -- The King's Speech vs. The Social Network. What's your prediction?

Newt Gingrich Discusses Potential Obama Impeachment

Posted 05.25.2011

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Friday that President Obama had overstepped his constitutional authority with his recent decision to or...

Calling Obama's Bluff on Marriage

Joe Mirabella | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Mirabella

Obama is acting a part for the American public -- a man with a Harvard education in constitutional law doesn't "struggle" with same sex couples marrying.