The Defense of Marriage Act was passed in the 1990’s creating a federal ban of gay marriage. Yeah it’s laughable that congress thinks it has the power to regulate marriage (maybe via the interstate commerce clause since married people buy things :picard: )and disgusting that it was never struck down by the supreme court (not that they’ve defended the constitution since FDR), but that’s not why I made the thread.
The Obama administration has ordered the Department of Justice to no longer defend this law. Now how does that work? I’m all for it not being a law, but it is a law. How does the DoJ just get to pick what laws to enforce?