Justice Department Defends The Defense Of Marriage Act | TPMMuckraker

Justice Department Defends The Defense Of Marriage Act | TPMMuckraker: "'The Department of Justice has long followed the practice of defending federal statutes as long as reasonable arguments can be made in support of their constitutionality, even if the Administration disagrees with a particular statute as a policy matter, as it does here,' government lawyers write. 'This longstanding and bipartisan tradition accords the respect appropriately due to a coequal branch of government and helps ensure that the Executive Branch will faithfully defend laws with which an Administration may disagree on policy grounds.'"