U.S. Department of Justice lawyers argued that the act - known informally as DOMA - is constitutional and contended that awarding federal marriage benefits to gays would infringe on the rights of taxpayers in the 30 states that specifically prohibit same-sex marriages.
"The president made very explicit and emphatic campaign promises that he opposes DOMA and would provide leadership calling on Congress to repeal it," said Jennifer Pizer, marriage project director for Lambda Legal. "This brief is not consistent with that promise."
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The ironic part of that statement about infringing on tax payers rights is...gay people actually pay taxes too! *gasp*
I just really hope that Obama will come through for us in the end. I still have faith in him, and I know it;s still very early on in his term, but things like
this make me feel sick inside:
..."it repeated several arguments made under Bush, including the argument that a union between a man and a woman is "the traditional, and universally recognized, version of marriage."
Just thinking about that someone thinks that they shouldn´t have the same rights makes me wanna 
I hate injustice!! 
