WASHINGTON -- At a time when Republicans in Congress are crying out to curb governmental spending, the GOP House leadership has decided to triple the budget for its legal defense of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) that the Obama administration believes is unconstitutional.
After the Justice Department announced that it would no longer defend DOMA lawsuits, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) originally entered into a contract with private attorneys to defend DOMA in court with a cap of legal fees at $500,000.
"At a time when budgeting is the watchword in Washington, Americans will be rightly aghast at this boondoggle for right-wing lawyers. The Defense of Marriage Act singles out same-sex couples for unfair treatment and no amount of money can overcome the fact that it flies in the face of our cherished constitutional principles.?
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