Obama Hails DOMA Ruling, Sees Work Ahead

[morningfog]

DAKAR, Senegal — President Barack Obama hailed Wednesday’s Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage, but said he has asked White House lawyers to help determine the implications of the rulings, particularly for states that do not recognize same-sex unions.

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Mr. Obama noted the Supreme Court decision on DOMA was “not a blanket ruling” and that it mainly pertained to federal benefits for same-sex partners in the 12 states that already recognize same-sex marriages. A gap occurs in states that do not recognize same-sex unions but where gay couples were married elsewhere, he said.

“We now have to comb through every federal statute,” Mr. Obama said, to determine the legal and administrative ramifications.

“It’s my personal belief … that if you’ve been married in Massachusetts and you move somewhere else, you’re still married and that, under federal law, you should be able to obtain benefits like any lawfully married couple,” he said, but added that he was voicing that view “as a president, not a lawyer.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/06/27/obama-hails-doma-ruling-sees-work-ahead/

Glad he is tackling this.

[William769]

1. Good for him.

[morningfog]

2. This was the question I was asking after reading the opnion.

I saw immediately that how the federal agencies acted would determine if the federal rights traveled with a legally wed couple.

[William769]

3. I look at this as a 1st new born to parents.

It's going to take a little time to figure somethings out. But at least the babies here and we can move forward to care of what needs to be taken care of. Make sense?