BY SARAH TOCE
TheSeattleLesbian.com
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s historic decision striking down a key portion of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, House Republican leaders, who had led the unsuccessful defense of the discriminatory law, announced in a court filing today that they would cease defending other statutes that discriminate against married same-sex couples.
“The Supreme Court’s ruling is clear. Rather than trying to delay justice for particular married gay and lesbian couples and their families, Speaker Boehner should immediately file motions to end House Republicans’ involvement in the remaining cases and stop spending taxpayer dollars to defend unconstitutional discrimination,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman Drew Hammill told BuzzFeed.
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