"I believe it's discriminatory, I think it interferes with states' rights, and we will work with Congress to overturn it."
1. All laws discriminate, so yes, DOMA is discriminatory. It is perfectly Constitutional for the government to treat different kinds of voluntary associations differently. No problem here.
2. DOMA doesn't stop states from neutering marriage licensing, or otherwise interfere in what a state does, so I don't know how it interferes in states' rights. Perhaps someone can explain this, or should we just chalk this up to a political platitude from someone who never talks about states' rights otherwise?
3. I don't doubt that he will ask Congress to overturn it. That is why every voter should get their Senators and Representative to pledge to support DOMA. But how do his statements about DOMA square with his statement during the campaign that marriage is between a man and woman?
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