[OutVoice] This Way Out: Indefensible DOMA
Greg Gordon
TWORadio at aol.com
Tue Mar 1 01:34:23 CST 2011
"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,196 - distributed 2/28/11
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(hosted by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon)
Obama dumps defense of DOMA;
Montenegro activists organize for the first time, hundreds turn out
for Chiang Mai peace walk, and more global LGBT news
- In "NewsWrap": The Obama Administration will stop defending the
Defense of Marriage Act because a series of pending court cases
forced them to admit that DOMA's heterosexuals only definition of
marriage is unconstitutional; despite the groundbreaking decision
regarding DOMA, the Justice Department tries to skirt the issue of
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell's" constitutionality, arguing that the repeal
process is constitutional; the attorneys fighting Prop. 8's ban on
marriage equality in California ask the court to lift the hold on
same-gender weddings while the case drags on, while Imperial County's
newly-elected Clerk-Recorder tries to get into the pro-Prop. 9 act;
Maryland's state Senate approves the Civil Marriage Protection Act,
and the House may soon follow suit; Hawai'i Governor Neil Abercrombie
enthusiastically signs his state's civil unions bill; Montenegro, the
last European country to be without an LGBT rights group, announces
the birth of the NGO LGBT Forum Progress; hundreds of Thai and
Burmese people take part in a peace walk for LGBT rights in Chiang
Mai, Thailand; Budapest Pride in on again, bringing with it a boost
for all Hungarians' freedom of assembly; Phelps falls to Anonymous
attack (written by LUCIA CHAPPELLE and reported this week by ROBERT
LEBLANC and TANYA KANE-PARRY).
- With a legal showdown looming ahead, the Obama Administration's
momentous decision to change course in its handling of marriage
equality litigation may herald the demise of more than the so-called
Defense of Marriage Act. JON DAVIDSON of LAMBDA LEGAL explains the
implications of the "higher scrutiny" standard the Department of
Justice will now apply; MARY BONAUTO of GAY AND LESBIAN ADVOCATES AND
DEFENDERS recounts the real-life stories of some of the plaintiffs
whose stand against discrimination helped turn the tide; WHITE HOUSE
PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY meets the press and answers questions
about the big announcement; PROFESSOR TOBIAN WOLFF, who advised the
2008 Obama Campaign on LGBT policy, provides a deeper legal analysis
of the Administration's move and how it can affect the whole gamut of
civil rights issues; plaintiff Edie Windsor reacts to the decision.
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