Target:President Obama and the U.S. Congress Sponsored by:Care2.com
Help bring hope to gay couples by asking Congress and the President to overturn the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Overturning DOMA would end a range of discriminatory practices against gay couples and mitigate the damage caused by recent anti-gay ballot measures.
DOMA explicitly prohibits the Federal Government and all federal agencies from extending any federal marriage-based benefits, privileges and rights to same-sex couples. This means tax, pension, visitation, inheritance and legal standing rights granted to opposite-sex couples are denied to gay couples.
"Do I support granting same-sex benefits? Absolutely positively. Look, in an Obama-Biden administration, there will be absolutely no distinction from a constitutional standpoint or a legal standpoint between a same-sex and a heterosexual couple. . . " - Joe Biden, VP Debates 2008
We signed the “Repeal the "Defense Of Marriage Act"” petition!
# 17,597:
12:36 pm PDT, Sep 17,Jose Manuel Rivera Cotto, Connecticut
It is the RIGHT/CORRECT thing to do!
# 17,596:
8:22 am PDT, Sep 17,Name not displayed, Michigan
I've never had to vote on or grant approval to a heterosexual marriage, and no one should vote on or have to receive government approval to get married! I don't discriminate and neither should the USA!
# 17,595:
6:53 pm PDT, Sep 16,Bill Lockhart, Michigan
Please protect the rights of all people. Don't let the limited scope of some people's mind dictate policy for the rest of the country.
# 17,594:
4:04 pm PDT, Sep 16,Leslie Calambro, Virginia
Please know that I am not gay, but I have friends and relatives who are and I want them to be able to share in the same joys and be able to take care of their loved ones the way the rest of us are able to. As it is, they are denied marriage and are unable to make life decisions to the ones they love. This needs to change. Repealing DOMA will not weaken family values, but instead strengthen families of all sorts and protect civil liberties.
# 17,593:
2:19 pm PDT, Sep 16,Jon Klingel, New Mexico
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10:43 am PDT, Sep 16,Robert Degnen, New York
Equality before the law!
# 17,591:
4:41 am PDT, Sep 16,T. Koot, Netherlands
Stop being a mega-hypocrite. Love is Universal.
# 17,590:
1:59 am PDT, Sep 16,D.N Bijkerk, Netherlands
Yes we can Ignore gay rights!
# 17,589:
11:00 pm PDT, Sep 15,Name not displayed, Washington
# 17,588:
3:58 pm PDT, Sep 15,John Pielsticker, Texas
Equality under the law. The DOMA continues to reinforce discrimination against GLBT individuals and the community as a whole.
# 17,587:
1:27 pm PDT, Sep 15,Holly Martin, Texas
The government should not be able to tell people whom they can and cannot marry. Marriage is a personal decision and is something that is between the two involved. The government telling people whom they can and cannot marry is like when there used to be laws against people of different races marrying. It is discrimination and just because a politicians may be personally against homosexual marriage, or it might be against their religions, does not mean that the government should control it. The government should not be making laws based on personal opinions or religious views. We do have separation of church and state, and the government should be looking out for the rights of all Americans, not just the ones who agree with the politicians.
# 17,586:
12:02 pm PDT, Sep 15,Sara Thurmond, Missouri
The government has no right in telling us wo we should and shouldn't love. Love is love, no matter what gender!
# 17,585:
11:57 am PDT, Sep 15,Catherine Downey, Minnesota
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10:44 am PDT, Sep 15,Jeremy Lowe, Kentucky
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10:07 am PDT, Sep 15,Patricia LoCasto, New York
God loves all his children equally & so we should have equal rights, benefits & opportunities!!!
# 17,582:
9:38 am PDT, Sep 15,Rachelle Busser, Minnesota
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9:29 am PDT, Sep 15,Chet Gassett, Nebraska
Equality before the Law. It's as simple as that. The US government has no place to dictate morality to its citizens. Denying these couples the right to these benefits is inhumane, and should not be allowed. We were once a progressive country, and wowed the world with the concept of religious freedom. It appears that is the furthest we were willing to go. Stop treading backwards and move our country forward again.
# 17,580:
9:19 am PDT, Sep 15,Patrycja Makowska, United Kingdom
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9:16 am PDT, Sep 15,Name not displayed, Nebraska
# 17,578:
8:18 am PDT, Sep 15,Janice Foss, California
# 17,577:
8:14 am PDT, Sep 15,Wayne Tyler McGee, United Kingdom
There is no reason for this act to still be a part of US law. The only possible reason is religious, and this is no decent basis to make a law in a rational, and mostly secular world.
Please ensure that this is repealed.
# 17,576:
5:57 am PDT, Sep 15,Beth Godbee, Wisconsin
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4:42 am PDT, Sep 15,Lori R, Texas
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4:29 am PDT, Sep 15,Barbara Klemm, Virginia
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12:16 am PDT, Sep 15,Cecilia Nashatizadeh, Kansas
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10:23 pm PDT, Sep 14,Dan Finkelstein, Florida
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9:17 pm PDT, Sep 14,Brittany Frompovich, Virginia
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9:13 pm PDT, Sep 14,Maria Olshin, Pennsylvania
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9:00 pm PDT, Sep 14,Amanda Amagrande, Arizona
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8:34 pm PDT, Sep 14,Ann Eppler, Nebraska
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7:02 pm PDT, Sep 14,Kimberly Kammeraad, Washington
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6:47 pm PDT, Sep 14,Dahti Blanchard, Washington
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6:08 pm PDT, Sep 14,Name not displayed, California
# 17,564:
5:53 pm PDT, Sep 14,Sister Anitra Hansen SSJD, Canada
Jesus said,"Love one another as I have loved you." He didn't say,"Except for LGBTs." All committed couples deserve partner rights. Gay couples have a better track record than Straight couples!!
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4:40 pm PDT, Sep 14,Ellen Ervin, New York
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4:02 pm PDT, Sep 14,Jay Parshall, Oregon
# 17,561:
3:48 pm PDT, Sep 14,Clay Allen, Texas
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3:20 pm PDT, Sep 14,Whitney Joynes, Iowa
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3:20 pm PDT, Sep 14,Ben Justiss, Texas
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3:07 pm PDT, Sep 14,Max Zieher, New Mexico
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2:19 pm PDT, Sep 14,Doris Sundeen, California
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1:52 pm PDT, Sep 14,Cherie Paro, Texas
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1:14 pm PDT, Sep 14,Yaiza Varela, Spain
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1:13 pm PDT, Sep 14,Judith Lawrence, Vermont
# 17,553:
12:53 pm PDT, Sep 14,William Hatch, California
# 17,552:
12:35 pm PDT, Sep 14,Melissa Beaudoin, California
It violates the constitution, plain and simple. Repeal this bill of discrimination!
