July 19, 2011 – President Barack Obama Supports Dianne Feinstein’s Bill to Repeal Defense of Marriage Act

“The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will support a congressional effort to repeal a federal law that defines marriage as a legal union between a man and woman.

White House spokesman Jay Carney denounced the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), saying the administration will back a bill introduced this year by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to remove the law from the books.

Feinstein’s bill, called the Respect for Marriage Act, would ‘uphold the principle that the federal government should not deny gay and lesbian couples’ the same rights as others, according to Carney.”