DOMA

Obama Officially Backs Measure To Repeal DOMA

Susan Crabtree | July 19, 2011, 3:03PM

President Barack Obama (D)

President Obama is officially backing legislation that would repeal the 1996 Defense Of Marriage Act, which prohibits the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriage even for couples married under state law.

The President has "long called for a legislative appeal for the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, which continues to have a real impact on families," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters at Tuesday's briefing.

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