Barr says: DOMA not working as planned, will take ball and go home.
Bob Barr, author of the Defense of Marriage Act, recants, like sort-of, in this article.
Maybe hidden in the causes of his commitment to federalism is an understanding of the inherent civil rights of human beings — as stated in the the Bill of Rights and, oh, in this little phrase from a certain document: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness — but I might be stretching my optimism a little thin.
I guess I’ll just be content with the fact that he’s calling for it to be repealed.
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Government, Politics, Sexuality, You have got to be kidding on January 9th, 2009
Sigh. Nice, but gee, wouldn’t it have been nicer if it were, oh, say, two months ago?
That is also a good point; argh.