In response to my e-mail calling on him to oppose House Republican plans to use taxpayer dollars to hire an outside law firm to defend the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Rep. Justin Amash, Tea Party, Mich., said some strange things that I hope someone can make sense of for me.
First, a little background.
As you know, last February, President Obama announced that he had ordered the DOJ to stop defending the constitutionality of DOMA, noting that much of the congressional debate around the law sunk to the level of anti-gay prejudice and that the law targets a specific minority group.
Read More