Florida Dems join effort to repeal Defense of Marriage Act
by Michael C. Bender | September 18th, 2009
U.S. Reps. Robert Wexler of Delray Beach, Alcee Hastings of Miramar, Kathy Castor of Tampa and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Pembroke Pines are among 92 House Democrats who have co-sponsored the “Respect for Marriage Act,” a bill introduced Tuesday to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. That 1996 law bars some benefits from same-sex couples.
From the South-Florida Blade:
Absent from the sponsorship of the bill is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), an openly-gay and usually vocal proponent of GLBT rights. Both Pelosi and Frank believe the bill has little chance of passage, and prefer to implement legislation that would take gradual steps to repeal DOMA.
“Given that there is zero chance of this bill becoming law in the near future, it is a mistake to explicitly introduce this crossing state lines issue,” Frank said. “The controversy now will not be about whether we should have the federal government treat people fairly in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, etc., but whether we should export [marriage recognition] to Ohio and Florida.”
Tags: Alcee Hastings, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Defense of Marriage Act, Democrats, gay rights, Kathy Castor, Respect for Marriage Act, Robert Wexler
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September 18th, 2009 at 11:26 am
What I find very “curious”, is why the County Commission is crying “poor mr-poor mr” and rising the cost of tickets to ride the county buses when you can see by the PB Post’s Stimulus Tracker of Stimulus Cash awarded the County for Palm Tran/ Transportation that the County got at LEAST $18.2 million AWARDED —and THEY NEED TO RAISE THE PRICE OF BUS TOKENS …????? WHY ????
Also—in the same figures-we see the County was awarded at LEAST $27.5 MILLION for Housing, and another $2.3 million for Infrastructure & DRUG COURTS —–so WHY all this talk about having to “close down the DRUG FARM , etc.,…????? Something BIG doesn’t make any sense here at ALL …….
September 18th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I have to wonder why the democratic party wants to force the homosexual aganda down our throats. They do not want same treatment but elevated treatment for the gays and lesbians. There want our young children exposed to that lifestyle from the moment they walk into a classroom. I have to assume most democrats are homosexual for them to place such high value on a group that makes up such a small segment of the population.