Americablog: Obama thinks Section 3 of DOMA is unconstitutional, won't defend it

[SidDithers]

http://gay.americablog.com/2011/02/breaking-obama-thinks-section-3-of-doma.html

This is welcome news from the Obama administration. Finally, some really fierce advocacy. The President thinks Section 3 of DOMA, which DOJ has been defending up until now, is unconstitutional -- and the Obama administration will no longer defend that section of the law in the courts. This is HUGE.

Section 3 is the portion of DOMA that limits federal marriage benefits to opposite-sex married couples. There are over 1,000 such benefits at the federal level, from social security to tons of other health care benefits, tax benefits, and more.

Hadn't seen this posted yet. Aravosis has been a very loud critic of Obama, but here is giving credit where credit is due.

Sid

Edit: typo