Nadler Testifies on Urgency to Pass Respect for Marriage Act to Repeal DOMA

Statement

Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the author and lead sponsor of the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and currently has 119 cosponsors in the House of Representatives, testified at a Senate Judiciary hearing on "S.598, The Respect for Marriage Act: Assessing the Impact of DOMA on American Families."

"The Respect for Marriage Act honors the greatest traditions of this nation," said Nadler. "Time and experience have eroded the legal and factual foundations used to support DOMA's passage, and meaningful congressional examination of this law is long overdue….While 75% of the public opposed allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry when Congress enacted DOMA, a majority of Americans now support marriage equality."

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