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Nadler to unveil DOMA repeal bill Tuesday
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Chris Johnson |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Blade |
| News Date | Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A New York congressman is set to introduce a bill next week that would overturn a law preventing the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages, but the longest-serving openly gay member of Congress isn't a co-sponsor of the bill.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) intends Tuesday to submit legislation that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and answer questions at a Capitol Hill press conference. The event is set for 11 a.m. at the House Triangle, near the southern steps of the Capitol Building.
Nadler first told the Bay Area Reporter that he intended to introduce a repeal bill and that the legislation would only affect same-sex marriages — not civil unions or domestic partnerships.
A "certainty provision" in the bill, Nadler said, would allow gay couples living in a state where marriage is not recognized to go to another state to marry and qualify for federal benefits when they return home.
Gay Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) will co-sponsor the legislation, but Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) hasn't signed on in support.
Frank said in an interview Friday with the Blade that he's not a co-sponsor of the legislation because he has a "strategic difference" with people supporting the repeal legislation.
"It's not anything that's achievable in the near term," he said. "I think getting [the Employment Non-Discrimination Act], a repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' and full domestic partner benefits for federal employees will take up all of what we can do and maybe more in this Congress." |
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