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“'Doma - Destroying Legislation' Afoot in Senate”
by Jim Brown - OneNewsNow -   
December 18th, 2009

A conservative activist warns that both houses of Congress are moving forward with a back-door attempt to achieve federal recognition of same-sex "marriage."

The Senate Homeland Security Committee voted 8-1 yesterday to approve a bill that would provide the same family benefits to homosexual federal civilian employees that are provided to married heterosexual employees.
 
The measure, S. 1102, is sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut) and Susan Collins (R-Maine).  A similar bill passed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in November.
 
Peter Labarbera, executive director of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, says the Lieberman-Collins bill severely undermines the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman.
 
"This appears to be a violation of the spirit and the law of DOMA.  DOMA was intended to encourage marriage, the recognition of marriage by the federal government, and this is the repudiation of that," Labarbera contends.  "This is giving marital benefits to both homosexuals and heterosexual 'shack-up' couples.  It's very bad public policy for the federal government to de-incentivize people getting married...and that's exactly what this legislation would do."
 
The long-time family advocate believes that when President Obama reiterated his opposition to the Defense of Marriage Act, he effectively gave the Senate the green light to move forward with what LaBarbera calls "DOMA-destroying legislation."

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