The following statement can be attributed to Andy Pugno, General Counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, regarding today’s decision by President Obama to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Amendment and plaintiff’s request in the Perry v Schwarzenegger case to lift the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ stay to allow homosexual marriage in California:
SACRAMENTO—“The President’s abandonment of DOMA just further shows the disconnect between the will of the people and government authorities. It also shows the enormous political power of gay rights advocates, which ironically disproves their claim to need special legal protection as a vulnerable minority.
“Regarding the plaintiff’s latest filing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the voters’ passage of Prop 8 to reaffirm traditional marriage deserves to be honored. There is no reason to nullify the election results by allowing gay marriage while this case is still pending. This is just another attempt to impose the minority’s view of marriage on all of California by judicial fiat.”
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