The Defense Of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, discriminative, and refuses the basic rights of marriage to same-sex couples. Whether same-sex or opposite-sex, every American should have the right to marry under Federal Law.
"We affirm the promise of our democracy. We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names. What makes us exceptional – what makes us American – is our allegiance to an idea, articulated in a declaration made more than two centuries ago:
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.”
- Obama Inauguration 2013