By Matt Edgerton Staff Writer The Obama administration announced on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011 that it will no longer defend the federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. What does this mean for gay rights? Attorney General Eric Holder announced last Wednesday that the Justice Department will no longer continue to defend the statute. According to Fox News, Holder wrote to House Speaker John Boehner that Obama “concluded the law fails to meet a rigorous standard under which courts view with suspicion any laws targeting minority groups who have suffered a history of discrimination.” In response to the administration’s decision; gay-rights … [Read more...] about Obama renounces marriage law, plays both sides
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