Democrats are moving fast to end the insidious DOMA bill. Earlier today, they introduce a new bill that will start the acknowledgment of gay married couples.
The legislation, titled the Respect for Marriage Act, was reintroduced in the House and introduced in the Senate for the first time.
Should the bill be signed into law, it would repeal a section of DOMA defining marriage at the federal level as between a man and a woman, allowing same-sex couples to be eligible for federal benefits. The bill would not force states to recognize same-sex marriages.
Democratic lawmakers decided to move on the bill after the Obama administration said it would refuse to defend DOMA in court, questioning the law's constitutionality. A legal panel in the GOP-controlled House later voted to defend the law for the U.S. government.
This bill will face an uphill battle, but who said civil rights was a easy fight, right?
