July 21st, 2011
jeff-rosenberg
[The Defense of Marriage Act] is an injustice. It is an immoral and discriminatory law. Our nation was founded on the premise that all people are created equal, and that all persons should receive equal treatment under the law. Our society may be different than it was then, but those principles remain the same. That’s why I am an original co-sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act. And that’s why I think the day we repeal DOMA will be a great day for this nation, akin to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

Al Franken’s opening statement in yesterday’s DOMA hearing.

I have to disagree with Senator Franken a little bit. The day we repeal DOMA will indeed be a great day for this nation. But only when gay marriage is explicitly legalized — at the Federal level and in every state — will we have achieved a victory for civil rights.

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