GUESS WHICH president signed the defense of marriage act?

rainstorm · #1 Postby **rainstorm** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:19 pm

president clinton in 1996.!!

This Act may be cited as the " Defense of Marriage Act" .

SECTION 2. POWERS RESERVED TO THE STATES.

(a) IN GENERAL.-CHAPTER 115 OF TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE, IS AMENDED BY ADDING AFTER SECTION 1738B THE FOLLOWING:

"1738C. Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect thereof

"No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship.".

SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE.

(a) IN GENERAL.-CHAPTER 1 OF TITLE 1, UNITED STATES CODE, IS AMENDED BY ADDING AT THE END THE FOLLOWING:

"7. Definition of 'marriage' and 'spouse'

"In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.".

GalvestonDuck · #2 Postby **GalvestonDuck** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:27 pm

ROFL! Helen, did you just wake up from a deep sleep? DOMA has been here for almost 8 years.

rainstorm · #3 Postby **rainstorm** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:33 pm

i know, but people may be surprised bill clinton signed it.

blizzard · #4 Postby **blizzard** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 7:08 am

rainstorm wrote:i know, but people may be surprised bill clinton signed it.

Why should anyone be surprised at that??

rainstorm · #5 Postby **rainstorm** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:26 am

kerry didnt vote for it. it passed 85-14

blizzard · #6 Postby **blizzard** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:29 am

rainstorm wrote:kerry didnt vote for it. it passed 85-14

That doesn't surprise me either...lol

#7 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 4:22 pm

the Democrats are in a pickle over this issue because if they oppose Bush's position then they risk angering the more conservative swing voters they need to win but if they support Bush's position they risk angering their Liberal base so watch for them to try to ignore the issue as much as possible.

Steve

sunnyday · #8 Postby **sunnyday** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:44 pm

Did Clinton do something 'right' by signing DOMA? lol

mf_dolphin · #9 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 8:49 pm

He didn't have much of a choice in all reality. There were plenty of votes to overturn a veto LOL
But to answer your question, yes he did something right! :-)

sunnyday · #10 Postby **sunnyday** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:19 pm

Made my day! lol

mf_dolphin · #11 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:59 pm

Glad I could bring a spot of sunlight to your day :-)

stormchazer · #12 Postby **stormchazer** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 6:40 am

The cigar-boy said: "Do as I sign....not as I do!"

sunnyday · #13 Postby **sunnyday** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:42 am

I must be out of the loop on the 'cigar boy'joke. What do you mean when you call him that?

Lindaloo · #14 Postby **Lindaloo** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 11:48 am

Because of the cigar incident with Monica Lewinski.

GUESS WHICH president signed the defense of marriage act?

GUESS WHICH president signed the defense of marriage act?

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