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kpete

(71,997 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:31 PM Feb 2013

Obama administration to express support for gay marriage before Supreme Court

Source: NBC

Obama administration to express support for gay marriage before Supreme Court

By Pete Williams, Chief Justice Correspondent, NBC News

Administration officials say the Justice Department will urge the U.S. Supreme Court to allow same-sex marriage to resume in California, wading into the protracted legal battle over Proposition 8 and giving gay-rights advocates a new court ally.

After first suggesting it would not get involved, the Obama administration will file a friend-of-the-court brief late today in support of the two gay couples who launched the fight over the issue four years ago, the officials said. Today is the last day for filing briefs in support of the couples' position.

The administration last year signaled it might stay on the sidelines. In May, when President Obama first said that "same-sex couples should be able to get married," he added that it was not a matter for the federal government.

But he appeared to express a different view in January during his inaugural address when he said, "Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law, for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."

Read more: http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/28/17134418-obama-administration-to-express-support-for-gay-marriage-before-supreme-court?lite

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Obama administration to express support for gay marriage before Supreme Court (Original Post) kpete Feb 2013 OP

That will be an amicus I will enjoy reading. nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #1

Not just a brief, as I'm sure SG Verilli will be involved in the oral arguments. blueclown Feb 2013 #3

Why would he be involved in oral arguments? 66 dmhlt Mar 2013 #20

The government has the opportunity to present its case as a friend of the court blueclown Mar 2013 #21

Thank you sir. iandhr Feb 2013 #2

Wow.. have we come a long way! Cha Feb 2013 #4

Thanks kpete Feb 2013 #6

Yeah, Cha Feb 2013 #10

Can you imagine the number of posts/recs this would receive if the news were different? What's.... Tarheel_Dem Feb 2013 #5

Of course.. that's the only Cha Feb 2013 #11

They scream about what he hasn't done, or that he "needs to lead" (puke)..... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #14

They're too busy hurling abuse to notice what is being Cha Mar 2013 #15

I take comfort in the fact that history will be extremely generous to this president. Tarheel_Dem Mar 2013 #16

I read obama2terms Feb 2013 #7

I take it that this will be different from the DOJ's Brief from 3 years ago, where it defamed GLBT blkmusclmachine Feb 2013 #8

...and it is done OKNancy Feb 2013 #9

Thanks OKNancy! Cha Feb 2013 #12

Thank you Mr. President. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2013 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author bitchkitty Mar 2013 #17

Whew! Jamastiene Mar 2013 #18

But, but, but ... blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #19

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)

1. That will be an amicus I will enjoy reading. nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:36 PM

Feb 2013

blueclown

(1,869 posts)

3. Not just a brief, as I'm sure SG Verilli will be involved in the oral arguments.

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #1)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:49 PM

Feb 2013

66 dmhlt

(1,941 posts)

20. Why would he be involved in oral arguments?

Reply to blueclown (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 09:53 AM

Mar 2013

He's not the attorney for either party involved - it's just an amicus brief.

blueclown

(1,869 posts)

21. The government has the opportunity to present its case as a friend of the court

Reply to 66 dmhlt (Reply #20)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 11:01 AM

Mar 2013

in the oral arguments, which is different from most other parties.

See Fisher v. University of Texas as an example of a case where the federal government is neither the petitioner nor the respondent, but had the opportunity in oral argument to state their case.

iandhr

(6,852 posts)

2. Thank you sir.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 03:44 PM

Feb 2013

Cha

(297,323 posts)

4. Wow.. have we come a long way!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 04:17 PM

Feb 2013

thanks kpete

kpete

(71,997 posts)

6. Thanks

Reply to Cha (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:19 PM

Feb 2013

President Obama

Cha

(297,323 posts)

10. Yeah,

Reply to kpete (Reply #6)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:21 PM

Feb 2013

him, too.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,235 posts)

5. Can you imagine the number of posts/recs this would receive if the news were different? What's....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 05:06 PM

Feb 2013

wrong DU? Can't beat the Prez up over this decision? If there was the slightest rumor/hint that the president wouldn't support marriage equality, it'd get a thousand recs, and a ton of outrage.

Cha

(297,323 posts)

11. Of course.. that's the only

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:24 PM

Feb 2013

thing that feeds 'em. The Outrage! Thanks for posters like you, Tarheel_Dem, who appreciate our President for what he accomplishes and treats him with the respect that he's earned.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,235 posts)

14. They scream about what he hasn't done, or that he "needs to lead" (puke).....

Reply to Cha (Reply #11)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:32 AM

Mar 2013

I am so sick of that phrase. But when he does what they've been screaming about, you get crickets. That should tell everyone here that there's another agenda afoot.

Cha

(297,323 posts)

15. They're too busy hurling abuse to notice what is being

Reply to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:35 AM

Mar 2013

done for People.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,235 posts)

16. I take comfort in the fact that history will be extremely generous to this president.

Reply to Cha (Reply #15)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 01:38 AM

Mar 2013

Bank on it! He's had an amazing run, and it ain't over yet.

obama2terms

(563 posts)

7. I read

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 06:04 PM

Feb 2013

On huffpo that the admin. hasn't been clear on weather they will support gay marriage in Cal. or nationwide. Here's the link if anyone is interested.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/obama-gay-marriage-brief_n_2782290.html?utm_hp_ref=gay-voices&ir=Gay%20Voices&utm_hp_ref=gay-voices

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

8. I take it that this will be different from the DOJ's Brief from 3 years ago, where it defamed GLBT

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 07:39 PM

Feb 2013

persons as necrophiliacs, child molesters, and drug addicts?

Cool.

But then again, words are cheap.

Especially in DC.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)

9. ...and it is done

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 07:45 PM

Feb 2013

@CBSNews: JUST IN: Attorney General Eric Holder files brief asking Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on same sex marriages

Cha

(297,323 posts)

12. Thanks OKNancy!

Reply to OKNancy (Reply #9)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 08:26 PM

Feb 2013

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)

13. Thank you Mr. President. nt

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 10:05 PM

Feb 2013

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Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)

18. Whew!

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 06:56 AM

Mar 2013

One of the local news stations(WCNC) here in the region of NC where I live just said (right before the commercial) that a late night brief went to the SCOTUS and that the White House was taking a stand AGAINST gay marriage. Then, when they came back after the commercial, they said the opposite. I don't know if they are just having their usual morning screw ups or what, but it is good to come here and see it is the opposite of what they said before the commercial.

blkmusclmachine

(16,149 posts)

19. But, but, but ...

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 07:01 AM

Mar 2013

gawd's in the mix !!!

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