DN: Glenn Greenwald on Obama Admin Withdraws Support for the Anti-LGBT Defense of Marriage Act

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Run time: 09:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvoFw83_xHk   Posted on YouTube: February 24, 2011 By YouTube Member: mediagrrl9 Views on YouTube: 116   Posted on DU: February 25, 2011 By DU Member: democracy1st Views on DU: 493

 
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced it will no longer defend the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, which bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages. Glenn Greenwald, a constitutional law attorney and legal blogger for Salon.com, who is openly gay, talks about the significance of this decision and how DOMA affected his own choice to live in Brazil with his partner, a Brazilian national. "This is one of those rare instances where I think unqualified praise is deserved for the White House," Greenwald says.

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