tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post4312474745783049849..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: DOMA One Step Closer to an Inevitable DemiseClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-56703526076930474702011-02-24T13:04:56.985-05:002011-02-24T13:04:56.985-05:00Might be the exact same reason why they get so exc...Might be the exact same reason why they get so excited about straight marriage. :-)Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-84592401535128859152011-02-24T13:03:43.688-05:002011-02-24T13:03:43.688-05:00It's always been clear to me that DOMA fell af...It's always been clear to me that DOMA fell afoul of the Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution, and the courts have agreed. Section three is also going down because it pretty clearly usurps state power.<br /><br />I don't think it's just a few crazy religious fanatics who support DOMA -- there are more than a few out there, and they aren't all "fanatics." Maybe my problem is that I can't see it in a religious context, but I can't understand why people get so excited about gay marriage.Tom Carterhttp://opinion-forum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-70704631238772585352011-02-23T22:19:47.466-05:002011-02-23T22:19:47.466-05:00It is the Attorney General's job to decide whi...It is the Attorney General's job to decide which issues to pursue, and which laws to enforce most vigorously, given limited resources. Technically, the president cannot overrule the AG on this, as I understand it, but can fire him or her if there is a major disagreement.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-71932400350706722972011-02-23T17:30:32.776-05:002011-02-23T17:30:32.776-05:00An American legal scholar needed! How can the Exec...An American legal scholar needed! How can the Executive continue to enforce a law if the Judiciary disavows it? Or is the Attorney General speaking in a personal capacity?<br /><br />I'm confused because in our democratic structure, it is upto the Judiciary entirely to repeal parts of older laws or laws in their entirety. Recently the Delhi High Court added a section to the received British law against 'unnatural' sexual intercourse to categorically exclude all forms of non-heterosexual intercourse. Some members of the Catholic Church, Islamic clergy and neocon Hindus, who were also elected members of the parliament, were furious. But their opinion was superfluous legally, and ignored. Isn't that how the system works?Rimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344200811838569151noreply@blogger.com