D.O.M.A.The fight to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act

Through the

HEARTS

and

MINDS

of America

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D.O.M.A.

• “The Defense of Marriage Act”• PUBLIC LAW 104 - 199 - DEFENSE OF

MARRIAGE ACT• VOTES

• HOUSE – (342 – 67)• SENATE – (85-14)

• 1 U.S.C.A. § 7 • Definition of “marriage” and “spouse”

• 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738C• Certain acts, records, and proceedings and the effect

thereof

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ199/content-detail.htmlhttp://uspolitics.about.com/od/gaymarriage/a/DOMA.htm

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1 U.S.C.A. § 7

• In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.

1 U.S.C.A. § 7 (West)

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28 U.S.C.A. § 1738C

• No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other State, territory, possession, or tribe respecting a relationship between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage under the laws of such other State, territory, possession, or tribe, or a right or claim arising from such relationship.

28 U.S.C.A. § 1738C (West)

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Issues with D.O.M.A.

• 8,000,000 Self-Identified Homosexual Persons• 646, 464 Same Sex Couples• DENIED 1,100 Federal

• Joint Federal Income Tax• Spousal Benefits• Parental Rights • Social Security Benefits• Estate Tax• Immigration Status

• No recognition of Same Sex Marriage by other States

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http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Census2010Snapshot-US-v2.pdf

http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/how-many-people-are-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender/

HEARTSFace to the Fight

It’s easy to hate an idea … it’s hard to hate a person

Rights NOT ReligionAppeal to peoples idea of Right and Wrong and

fundamental freedoms to discuss the denial of rights

& MINDS

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Policy Paramour

• President Barrack Obama• Federal Employee

Rights• Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Repeal• Congressional Support

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Policy Paramour

http://nadler.house.gov/http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/

Respect for Marriage Act

Congressman Jerrold NadlerH.R. 1116

Senator Dianne Feinstein

• S. 598

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Policy ParamourSEC. 2. REPEAL OF SECTION ADDED TO TITLE 28, UNITED

STATES CODE, BY SECTION 2 OF THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT.

Section 1738C of title 28, United States Code, is repealed, and the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 115 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to that section.

SEC. 3. MARRIAGE RECOGNITION.

Section 7 of title 1, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

§ 7. Marriage

(a) For the purposes of any Federal law in which

marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered

married if that individual's marriage is valid in the State

where the marriage was entered into or, in the case of

a marriage entered into outside any State, if the marriage

is valid in the place where entered into and the marriage

could have been entered into in a State.http://nadler.house.gov/

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Policy Paramour

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Rep. Abercrombie, Neil – HIRep. Ackerman, Gary – NYRep. Andrews, Robert – NJRep. Arcuri, Michale – NYRep. Baird, Brian – WARep. Baldwin, Tammy – WIRep. Becerra, Xavier – CARep. Berkley, Shelley – NVRep. Berman, Howard – CARep. Blumenauer, Earl – ORRep. Brady, Robert – PARep. Capps, Lois – CARep. Capuano, Michael – MARep. Castor, Kathy - FL

Rep. Chu, Judy – CARep. Clarke, Yvette – NYRep. Clay, Wm. Lacy – MORep. Cleaver, Emanuel – MORep. Connolly, Gerald – VARep. Conyers, John – MIRep. Courtney, Joe – CTRep. Crowley, Joseph – NYRep. Cummings, Elijah – MDRep. Davis, Danny – ILRep. Davis, Susan – CARep. DeGette, Diana – CORep. Delahunt, Bill – MARep. DeLauro, Rosa – CT

Rep. Deutch, Theodore – FLRep. Doyle, Michael – PARep. Edwards, Donna – MDRep. Ellison, Keith – MNRep. Engel, Eliot – NYRep. Eshoo, Anna – CARep. Farr, Sam – CARep. Fattah, Chaka – PARep. Filner, Bob – CARep. Fudge, Marcia – OHRep. Garamendi, John – CARep. Grayson, Alan – FLRep. Grijalva, Raul – AZRep. Gutierrez, Luis - IL

Respect for Marriage Act House of Representatives Support

Policy ParamourRespect for Marriage Act

House of Representatives Support

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Rep. Hall, John – NYRep. Harman, Jane – CARep. Hastings, Alcee – FLRep. Heinrich, Martin – NMRep. Higgins, Brian – NYRep. Himes, James – CTRep. Hinchey, Maurice – NYRep. Hirono, Mazie – HIRep. Hodes, Paul – NHRep. Holt, Rush – NJRep. Honda, Michael – CARep. Israel, Steve – NYRep. Jackson Lee, Sheila – TX

Rep. Jackson, Jesse, Jr. – ILRep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice – TXRep. Johnson, Henry, Jr. – GARep. Kennedy, Patrick – RIRep. Kilroy, Mary Jo – OHRep. Kucinich, Dennis – OHRep. Larson, John – CTRep. Lee, Barbara – CARep. Lewis, John – GARep. Lofgren, Zoe – CARep. Lowey, Nita – NYRep. Lujan, Ben Ray – NMRep. Lynch, Stephen - MA

Rep. Maffei, Daniel – NYRep. Maloney, Carolyn – NYRep. Markey, Edward – MARep. Matsui, Doris – CARep. McCollum, Betty – MNRep. McDermott, Jim – WARep. McGovern, James – MARep. Meeks, Gregory – NYRep. Miller, George – CARep. Moore, Gwen – WIRep. Moran, James – VARep. Murphy, Christopher – CTRep. Napolitano, Grace – CA

Policy Paramour

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Rep. Norton, Eleanor Holmes – DCRep. Olver, John – MARep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. – NJRep. Pastor, Ed – AZRep. Payne, Donald – NJRep. Pingree, Chellie – MERep. Polis, Jared – CORep. Price, David – NCRep. Quigley, Mike – ILRep. Rangel, Charles – NYRep. Richardson, Laura – CARep. Rothman, Steven – NJRep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille – CA

Rep. Sanchez, Linda – CARep. Sarbanes, John – MDRep. Schakowsky, Janice – ILRep. Scott, Robert – VARep. Serrano, Jose – NYRep. Sestak, Joe – PARep. Shea-Porter, Carol – NHRep. Sherman, Brad – CARep. Sires, Albio – NJRep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh – NYRep. Speier, Jackie – CARep. Stark, Fortney Pete - CARep. Tierney, John – MA

Rep. Tonko, Paul – NYRep. Towns, Edolphus – NYRep. Tsongas, Niki – MARep. Van Hollen, Chris – MDRep. Velazques, Nydia – NYRep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie – FLRep. Watson, Diane – CARep. Waxman, Henry – CARep. Weiner, Anthony – NYRep. Welch, Peter – VTRep. Wexler, Robert – FLRep. Woolsey, Lynn – CARep. Wu, David - OR

Respect for Marriage Act House of Representatives Support

Policy ParamourRespect for Marriage Act

Senate Support

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Senator Daniel Akaka – HI   Senator Michael Bennett - CO Senator Jeff Bingaman – NM Senator Richard Blumenthal - CT Senator Barbara Boxer - CASenator Sherrod Brown - OH Senator Maria Cantwell – WA Senator Benjamin Cardin - MD Senator Chris Coons - DESenator Richard Durbin – IL Senator Al Franken – MN Senator Kirsten Gillibrand – NY Senator Tom Harkin - IA   Senator Dan Inouye – HI Senator John Kerry – MA  

Senator Amy Klobuchar – MN  Senator Herb Kohl – WI  Senator Frank Lautenberg - NJSenator Patrick Leahy – VT  Senator Carl Levin – MI   Senator Bob Menendez – NJ  Senator Jeff Merkley – ORSenator Barbara Mikulski – MD Senator Patty Murray - WA  Senator Bernie Sanders – VT Senator Chuck Schumer - NY Senator Jeanne Shaheen - NHSenator Mark Udall – CO Senator Tom Udall – NM Senator Sheldon Whitehouse – RI Senator Ron Wyden – OR

Policy ParamourRespect for Marriage Act

Congressional Support

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

120 Co-Sponsors (435)

28% 

SENATE

31 Co-Sponsors (100)

31%

Policy Paramour

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Policy Paramour

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Policy Paramour

• National Governors Association

• National Conference on State Legislatures

• Council of State Governments

• California• Colorado• Connecticut• Delaware• Hawaii• Illinois• Iowa • Maine• Maryland• Massachusetts• Nevada• New

Hampshire• New Jersey• New York• Oregon• Rhode Island• Vermont• Washington• Washington

D.C.• Wisconsin• States Ready

for Changehttp://www.nga.org/cms/home.html

http://www.ncsl.org/http://www.csg.org

State Interest Groups

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Policy Obstacles

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Policy Obstacles

http://mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2012/02/mitt-romney-delivers-remarks-cpac

… (I) fought for a marriage amendment to our constitution, and successfully prohibited out-of-state couples from coming to our state to get married … When I am President, I will preserve the Defense of Marriage Act and I will fight for a federal amendment defining marriage as a relationship between one man and one woman

http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/House/Georgia/Newt_Gingrich/Views/Gay_Marriage/

•Does not recognize Gay Marriage as legitimate

•Supports D.O.M.A.

•Supports Constitutional Amendment if D.O.M.A. overturned

•Supported Prop 8

•Opposes Gay Adoption http://www.ricksantorum.com/champion-faith-familieshttp://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/07/nation/la-na-campaign-20120107

•Definition of Marriage is a religious freedom

•Introduced Constitutional Amendment for Marriage into the Senate twice

•Defines Marriage as a Privilege of Society

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Policy Obstacles

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Policy Obstacles

• Congress• Public Law 104-199 – Defense of Marriage Act

• House – (342 – 67)• Senate – (85 – 14)

• Federal Marriage Amendment• H.J. Res 56

• First Introduced in 2002• S.J. Res 40

• First Introduced in 2004

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ199/content-detail.htmlhttp://uspolitics.about.com/od/gaymarriage/a/DOMA.htm

http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/usconstitution/a/marriage.htmhttp://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.J.RES.40:

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Policy Obstacles

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Stake Holders

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Governmental Stake HoldersGovernmental Service Providers

Social Security AdministrationInternal Revenue ServiceU.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesDepartment of Defense (Joint Benefits)Department of Veterans AffairsDepartment of Health and Human Services

Representatives for Re-ElectionHot Topic Issue Among Constituents

Anti-Gay Marriage ConstituentsPro-Gay Marriage ConstituentsGay Constituents

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Non- Governmental Stake Holders

http://www.glaad.org/

http://usgovinfo.about.com/blorgs.htm

•Anti Defamation Groups with News, Entertainment, and Social Media to discuss LGBT issues

•Influence in major circles of newspapers, magazines, blogs, radio, television, movies

•Watchdog organizations

• Groups Specifically fighting for Marriage Equality

•Win States to convince the Supreme Court of a National Change

•Grow the Majority through Hearts and Minds

•End D.O.M.A.

http://www.freedomtomarry.org/

• Large LGBT organization

•Over 1 million members

•National Influence with multiple Organizations

•Over 150 full-time staff members

http://www.hrc.org/

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Non-Governmental Stake Holders

•Strong Large Religious Groups believing in the “Absolute Word of God"

•With Mission to: inform, equip, and activate individuals to strengthen the moral foundations of American Culture by promotion Judo-Christian belief in all facets of life

•Website Supporters : 2,219,745

http://usgovinfo.about.com/blorgs.htm

http://www.afa.net/

•Social Research Groups

•Family Research Council

•Rely on both Religion and Social Science Research

•Belief in protecting children by supporting a traditional family structure

•Public Policy in Washington D.C. promoting views through lobbying and donations to Congress

http://www.frc.org/

•Family Groups that believe gay families are destructive

•Focus on the Family

•Christian Ministry to provide help and resources for couples to build and raise families

•See marriage as an essential building block of life designed to keep and grow civilization

http://www.focusonthefamily.com/

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Stake Holders

8 Million Homosexual Americans

646,464 Couples

Families

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Marketing• Hearts and Minds

• Marketing and Advertising to educate and grow support through interest groups• Give a Face to the Fights (Easy to hate an idea … hard to hate a person)• Don’t Fight Religion – Appeal to people’s sense of right and wrong in denial of

over 1,000 basic Federal Rights• Grow State Support

• Marriage is traditionally a State Institution• Would immediately grant rights to thousands of constituents while not requiring

a specific mandate to their home States• More States = Growing National Consensus to Courts and Congress

• Legislative Compromise• Respect of Marriage Act

• Not a Nation Wide Mandate• Does not define Federal Marriage• Allows States to still decide marriage rights

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References• 1 U.S.C.A. § 7 (West)• 28 U.S.C.A. § 1738C (West)• http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jan/07/nation/la-na-campaign-20120107• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constitutional_bans_on_same-sex_unions_types_US.svg • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Recognition_of_samesex_relationships_in_the_United_St

ates.svg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Samesex_marriage_in_USA.svg • http://mittromney.com/blogs/mitts-view/2012/02/mitt-romney-delivers-remarks-cpac • http://nadler.house.gov/ • http://statesthatallowgaymarriage.com/ • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:13:./temp/~bd3qFo:@@@L&summ2=m& • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.J.RES.40• http://usgovinfo.about.com/blorgs.htm • http://usgovinfo.about.com/blorgs.htm • http://usgovinfo.about.com/cs/usconstitution/a/marriage.htm

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References• http://uspolitics.about.com/od/gaymarriage/a/DOMA.htm • http://uspolitics.about.com/od/gaymarriage/a/DOMA.htm • http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/research/census-lgbt-demographics-studies/how-many-people-

are-lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender/

• http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Census2010Snapshot-US-v2.pdf • http://www.afa.net/ • http://www.csg.org • http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/ • http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=865363e6-2e2

b-4a25-ba6a-8afd4570b4ed

• http://www.focusonthefamily.com/ • http://www.frc.org • http://www.freedomtomarry.org • http://www.glaad.org/ • http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ199/content-detail.html • http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ199/content-detail.html • http://www.hrc.org/

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References• http://www.ncsl.org/ • http://www.nga.org/cms/home.html • http://www.ricksantorum.com/champion-faith-families • http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/House/Georgia/Newt_Gingrich/Views/Gay_Marriage/ • http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/civil-rights

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