ADF: House heading in right direction in defense of DOMA

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
April 18, 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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ADF: House heading in right direction in defense of DOMA

House moves forward with organizing defense of federal Defense of Marriage Act

WASHINGTON — Alliance Defense Fund attorneys say they are encouraged by the further efforts of the U.S. House of Representatives to defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act following the House’s announcement Monday of its official legal team.

ADF pledged its support of the House’s efforts to defend the act, which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman, in two critical lawsuits in which ADF attorneys filed friend-of-the-court briefs on behalf of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas).  The decision by the Obama administration in February to abandon defense of the law in those lawsuits left the law without any legal defense.

Case Names:  Gill v. Office of Personnel Management | Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services

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