Obama silent on Defense of Marriage Act
By Angie Drobnic Holan
Published on Monday, June 15th, 2009 at 6:48 p.m.
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Dozens of gay rights protesters demonstrated outside a Beverly Hills hotel, where President Barack Obama attended a fundraiser in May.
During the campaign, President Barack Obama said he would work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that gay rights groups oppose. But we've seen little action to show a repeal is in the works. And last week, the Justice Department filed a brief defending the law. Read more details about why we rated this promise Stalled .
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