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Gays decry Obama's stand on gay marriage case
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
6/12/2009
"Gay rights groups expressed dismay with the Obama administration Friday over its championing of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law the president pledged to try to repeal while on the campaign trail.
"'The president made very explicit and emphatic campaign promises that he opposes DOMA and would provide leadership calling on Congress to repeal it,' said Jennifer Pizer, marriage project director for Lambda Legal. 'This brief is not consistent with that promise.'"