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Law Firm Partner Resigns, Will Continue Defending DOMA

Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:29 am PDT

One of the partners in the law firm that just pulled out of the DOMA case, Paul Clement, has resigned, and will continue pursuing the case because he says lawyers should defend "unpopular causes." Which is indeed a noble principle, when applied to causes like ending slavery, for example, or fighting ...

Republican Party, GOP, Homophobia, Gay Rights, DOMA

Law Firm Drops DOMA Case

Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 9:19 am PDT

The top-priced law firm retained by the Republican Party and John Boehner to defend the religious right's anti-gay "Defense of Marriage Act" is bailing out. King and Spalding Chairman Robert D. Hays, Jr., whose partner Paul Clement was to lead the defense, said in a statement through a spokesman, Les ...

Republican Party, GOP, Homophobia, Gay Rights, DOMA

Boehner is Spending Public Money at $520/Hour to Defend Anti-Gay DOMA

Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:13 am PDT

To prop up the religious right's homophobic "Defense of Marriage Act," House Speaker John Boehner has retained one of the most expensive law firms in the country: REVEALED: Boehner’s High-Priced Lawyer Is Charging the American Taxpayer $520 Per Hour. This is the Republican idea of fiscal responsibility. No amount of money ...

Republican Party, GOP, Homophobia, Gay Rights, DOMA

American Family Association's Bryan Fischer: Impeach Obama Over DOMA

Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:30 pm PST

Raving religious right caveman Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association is apoplectic over the Obama administration's decision to stop defending the anti-gay and unconstitutional "Defense of Marriage Act" (DOMA). To Fischer, insufficient hatred is grounds for impeachment. Obama is violating his oath of office by refusing to defend DOMA. ...

American Family Association, Religious Right, Fundamentalism, Hate Speech, Homophobia, DOMA, Bryan Fischer