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Lawsuit filed over Obama strategy to abandon marriage

Bob Unruh - WND

Details sought on influences that produced White House decision

The government watchdog Judicial Watch is suing the Obama administration to uncover details of any influences on the executive decision not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court.

"The institution of marriage is under vicious attack not only by President Obama and the Holder Justice Department, but also by liberal politicians and activist courts at the state level," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

Fitton said these "radicals" in the Obama administration apparently have convinced the president and Holder to do their part by refusing to defend the federal marriage law.

The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, defines marriage for federal purposes as the union of a man and a woman.

Judicial Watch, Fitton said, "took these strong actions in court not only to help defend traditional marriage but to uphold the rule of law that is under assault" in Washington from the White House.

The White House's recent announcement that the government no longer would defend the federal marriage law was countered with a decision by the U.S. House of Representatives that members would contract with a private attorney to defend the law.

Take part in an innovative, high-tech, grass-roots lobbying campaign to urge Congress to protect marriage.

Washington's abandonment of the law also helped prompt a new campaign to defend marriage in America. "Time to Defend Marriage: The Genesis 2:24 Campaign" allows constituents to send letters to members of both the Senate and House.

Judicial Watch's Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Obama Department of Justice seeks records related to the agency's decision.

Judicial Watch asked the federal Office of Information Policy, a part of the DOJ, as well as the department's Referral Unit for DOJ communications, for documents "related to the DOMA decision as well as correspondence between DOJ and members of Congress, the White House and outside entities."

The documents would include any regarding the American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom to Marry, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Moveon.org, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the Service Employees International Union, the organization said.

Judicial Watch said, "The Office of Information Policy and the Referral Unit both acknowledged receipt of Judicial Watch's FOIA requests but have failed to respond to these requests within [the] statutory allotted time frame. In fact, the DOJ has failed to release any records or indicate when a response is forthcoming, prompting Judicial Watch's lawsuit."

The campaign to protect marriage enables constituents to send letters to each of the 435 members of the U.S. House and each of the 100 U.S. senators for only $29.99, only a fraction of what postage by itself would cost should someone take on the project alone.

The campaign is being championed by Kenneth L. Hutcherson, senior pastor and co-founder of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Wash., who recently wrote in a column on WND saying the defense of marriage "is a movement I would be willing to lead."

Battles over the definition of marriage have been hottest in courts in California in recent months, since voters there approved a state constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman, and a homosexual judge who appears to stand to benefit from his own ruling declared it unconstitutional.

But it doesn't stop there.

In Canada, arguments already are being made in courts that since government prohibitions on same-sex "marriage" have been removed, so should bans on polygamy. A California Supreme Court justice warned of such developments when his court, over his objections, created same-sex "marriage" in the state.

Hutcherson told WND that Christians shouldn't be surprised when homosexuals seek their own way with American society, because it's their nature.

The campaign, which also is supported by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, now of MyFamilyTalk.com, as well as Gary Bauer and dozens of other high-profile Christian leaders, says, "Marriage is under attack by zealots who want to redefine the cornerstone institution as one not between a man and a woman – but one between a man and a man or a woman and a woman. Nothing will result in the destruction of Western Civilization faster than such a development

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May 17, 2011

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