Liberals, quick, you have 24 HOURS to respond, Who signed the Defense of Marriage Act?

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What entertained me the most was reading the dependable liberal retards on this site frothing at the mouth with "those hateful Christians", "that son-of-a-Bush", "legislating morality". I particularly like that last one, as if most forms of legislation are not based on some moral judgement that the people want imposed. MORONS.

Answer 1

signed by President Bill Clinton (Slick Willy) on September 21, 1996. The law provides:

First, it allows each state (or similar political division in the United States) to deny Constitutional marital rights between persons of the same sex which have been recognized in another state.

Second, for purposes of federal law, it defines marriage as "a legal union of one man and one woman as husband and wife" and by stating that spouse "refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife."

This is a fact.

Answer 2

Bill Clinton. You must be a big fan of his.

There is a difference between DOMA and the legislation that Bush has been fighting for. DOMA allows each state to deny Constitutional marital rights between persons of the same sex which have been recognized in another state. It does not deny states the right to perform gay-marriages, like Bush is trying to to. There is a section in the Constitution about "states rights". Read it sometime.

The act reads:
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.

This protects "states rights" while denying "full faith and credit". Bush is trying to deny both.

Answer 3

Clinton and it was wrong of him to do so as it's unConstitutional, since the Constitution requires full faith and credit.

Some of us can disagree with some things a president does but still generally like him.

I've agreed with Bush (twice, I think), but it doesn't mean that I think he's a good president. I disagreed with Clinton less than I agreed with him. So, I generally thought he was good president.

Your question assumes ignorance. That seems to me to be the property of conservatives on this board, not liberals. And I base that on the fact that most conservatives never ask a question of substance (not many liberals do, but they seem to ask an average of two legit questions a day, compared to maybe 1/2 a day for cons).

Answer 4

The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, Pub. L. No. 104-199, 100 Stat. 2419 (Sept. 21, 1996), codified at 1 U.S.C. § 7 and 28 U.S.C. § 1738C, is a federal law of the United States passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996.

Answer 5

Bill Clinton signed it in a weak have-to-appear-centrist-during-an-election-year moment.

All politicians will say they are "for marriage." And Clinton didn't have a line-item veto with which to improve DoMA into something that would allow federal recognition of civil unions. Why anyone would read that much into Clinton's signing of DoMA when he also blocked a provision that would have prevented gay adoptions and signed both the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act (both bills were STRONGLY opposed by the Republican leadership in Congress), is beyond me.

Answer 6

Why do you feel the need to look at liberals as your opponents. We are all just Americans and we all have ideals. It is people like you who cannot understand how to cooperate, compromise and actually get something done. I'll say this, at least most people that you might call "liberal" would protect your right to speech above all else. Guess what, liberals are not right, and neither are you. The wise man knows he knows nothing. I'm worried about the intellectual arrogance of so many of those who consider themselves conservative and who mock "liberals" as if they should be ashamed of the title. I'll admit there might be some hateful people who call themselves liberal but I think it's pretty hateful of you to refer to them as "retards". You need to realize that there are liberals who are way smarter than you will ever be and there are conservatives way smarter than I will ever be. It's myopic to lump everyone together as if they all fit the same box. You've got some growing to do.

Answer 7

Okay so he screwed an intern and signed a dumb pointless piece of legislation.

Theres a difference between legislating morality from the bible and legislating sensible morality. If there wasn't we'd be stoning unruly children and killing prostitutes.

At least he didn't make it illegal to molest cows. So even though you can't marry the man of your dreams....you can still go out and molest those goats and don't have to worry about federal prosecution.

Answer 8

President Bill Clinton

Answer 9

I'll take Bill Clinton for 2 points Alex.
Talk about ironic.

Answer 10

the Panderer in Chief Bill Clinton