Liberty Counsel
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
2/23/2011
Just hours ago, the Obama Administration announced
that the Department of Justice will no longer
defend the constitutionality of the federal
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)! This is sending
shock waves across the nation. We now expect
radical homosexual activists to unleash a full
scale assault on marriage coast-to-coast. We must
be ready to do whatever is necessary to defend
marriage! See my urgent message below - Mat.
Conservatives,
President Barack Obama has directed Attorney General Eric
Holder to not defend the federal DOMA law that defines
marriage as being between a man and a woman.
This, in spite of the fact that it is the
Department of Justice's specific duty to defend
federal laws!
In other words, President Obama and Attorney General Eric
Holder are acting as judge and jury in determining that a
federal law passed by Congress in 1996 is indefensible!
The sheer arrogance of Obama and Holder is
stunning. While they fully commit the staggering
resources of the Department of Justice to
defend ObamaCare and its clearly unconstitutional
mandates...they then choose NOT to defend the
DOMA law that has been in place since 1996!
The President and his Attorney General have a duty to defend
lawfully passed legislation, especially when the essence of
the law has been upheld by many courts. THIRTY STATES have
passed marriage amendments affirming marriage as the union
of one man and one woman!
And there is this to consider: Barack Obama is already
gearing up for his 2012 reelection bid. He is overtly
overstepping his Executive Branch authority by abandoning
the defense of a federal law in order to pander to his
pro-homosexual, liberal voter base.
This decision to sacrifice our nation's DOMA
law on the altar of political expedience represents one of
the most damaging attacks on marriage that has ever been
visited upon our society.
Sadly, we have reached a crucial moment in the history of
our nation. This outrage must be confronted!
++The President's dereliction of duty must not go unchallenged!
I promise you, Liberty Counsel will NEVER stand by silently
as the Obama administration, activist judges, and/or radical
pro-homosexual groups attack the American family!
As you probably know, our Liberty Counsel team
has been engaged in the battle to defend marriage
for many, many years. We have long been on the
front lines of the battle throughout the nation,
including California's pivotal struggle with
same-sex "marriage" laws.
In fact, except for the case against Proposition 8, I have
personally litigated every challenge against marriage in
California since 2004. Liberty Counsel has defended that
state's marriage laws and argued at the trial, appellate,
and California Supreme Court levels.
Now that the Obama Administration has taken this
outrageous course of action, I am more committed
than ever to fight to defend marriage in our
courts and in the court of public opinion!
But we must move quickly because we know that pro-homosexual
activists will utilize the Administration's betrayal of
the public trust to build momentum for their agenda!
In fact, we expect pro-homosexual activists to push forward
as many legal actions as possible, as quickly as possible,
in the wake of this disastrous announcement by the
Administration. A large portion of Liberty Counsel's
litigation docket is already composed of cases related to
pro-homosexual efforts to redefine marriage.
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