<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The End Of&nbsp;DOMA?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[
<p> <img alt="Screen shot 2012-12-07 at 5.33.53 PM" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451c45669e2017c3463a1b1970b" src="https://sullydish.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/6a00d83451c45669e2017c3463a1b1970b-550wi.png" style="width: 515px;" title="Screen shot 2012-12-07 at 5.33.53 PM" /><br />I remember vividly testifying on DOMA in 1996 before the US Congress, and walking in to the hearing to discover that president Clinton, advised by Dick Morris, had just issued a Justice Department guidance that DOMA was completely constitutional. The times <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-to-hear-gay-couples-marriage-cases" target="_self">they change</a>. I don&#39;t know what to predict, and, frankly would have preferred a later date. But you cannot stop people filing suits for their basic civil rights, and the issues are profound enough to come to the Supreme Court. Immigration Equality&#39;s take is <a href="http://immigrationequality.org/2012/12/within-reach-the-end-of-doma/" target="_self">here</a>.</p>
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