With the Obama administration having declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, Democratic lawmakers are launching new challenges of their own to the law, the Huffington Post reports. In the House, the "Respect for Marriage Act," which would explicitly repeal DOMA, is set to be introduced by Jerry Nadler with "quite a few co-sponsors," he says. "The president's move is another step in the increasing realization that there is no conceivable justification for DOMA," Nadler says.
How far it will get in the GOP-controlled House is a big uncertainty, however. In the Senate, Dianne Feinstein plans to introduce parallel legislation in her capacity as a member of the Judiciary Committee. "I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996," Feinstein said. "It was the wrong law then; it is the wrong law now; and it should be repealed."
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