January 03, 2013

BuzzFeed: House Rules In New Congress Allow Continued DOMA Defense

Reps. Jerrold Nadler of New York, John Conyers of Michigan, Jared Polis of Colorado, David Cicilline of Rhode Island, Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mark Pocan of Wisconsin and Mark Takano of California, all members of the LGBT Equality Caucus, said in a statement that "all Members should object to the use of taxpayer dollars to pay costly legal fees to make arguments that lack adequate factual or legal support, in pursuit of a law that is not worthy of a defense."