It was a very very sad day. DOMA is
flagrantly unconstitutional!
The final Senate vote was 85-14. Only real gay rights advocates like Moseley Braun, Kerry, Feinstein, Boxer, and Kennedy voted against DOMA.
Even Paul Wellstone voted for DOMA!
Everyone knows DOMA is bad law, but the triangulating Bill "third way" Clinton signed it into law during the 1996 election campaign.
Now the Right Wing has caught on and this is why they are promoting the Federal Marriage Amendment, which apparently Bush is about to formally endorse. This will be the first time the Constitution is amended to RESTRICT the rights of a group of citizens.
It should be very interesting if gay and lesbian couples are getting married in the same city (Boston, MA) that the Kerry/Edwards ticket is being unveiled at the Democratic convention!