Re: one chain on DOMA

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+Amanda's work account. On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Maya Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > From Richard: > > Since I was asked on Friday about the Defense of Marriage Act in an > interview on MSNBC, I've checked with people who were involved then to make > sure I had all my facts right. It turns out I was mistaken and the effort > to pass a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage came some > years later. The larger point I was trying to make about DOMA, however, is > still true. It was neither proposed nor supported by anyone in the Clinton > administration at the time. It was an effort by the Republicans in Congress > to distract attention from the real issues facing the country by using gay > marriage, which had very little support then, as a wedge issue in the > election. The legislation passed by overwhelming veto-proof margins in both > houses of Congress and President Clinton signed it with serious > reservations he expressed at the time. Luckily the country has evolved way > beyond this in the last 20 years and most Americans, including the Supreme > Court, now embrace LGBT equality. We are a better country for it. Although > there is much work that remains, and I'm eager to help advance the day when > we are all truly equal. > > > On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Dominic Lowell < > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> + JP's personal email >> >> On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Dominic Lowell <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> Here is what Gautam put together to be helpful: >>> >>> "I'm not my husband. I understand why he believed that was the right >>> thing to do at the time, but obviously I wish it had gone differently. >>> Look, we've all come along way since the 90s and I'm proud to have been a >>> part of an Administration that has made it possible for gay troops to serve >>> openly and loving gay couples to get married. I'm also proud of MY record >>> as Secretary of State. I think the community knows I will be the ally they >>> deserve." >>> >>> On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Dan Schwerin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> This WJC op-Ed may be helpful: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bill-clinton-its-time-to-overturn-doma/2013/03/07/fc184408-8747-11e2-98a3-b3db6b9ac586_story.html >>>> >>>> Bill Clinton: It’s time to overturn DOMA >>>> >>>> *The writer is the 42nd president of the United States.* >>>> >>>> *I*n 1996, I signed the Defense of Marriage Act. Although that was >>>> only 17 years ago, it was a very different time. In no state in the union >>>> was same-sex marriage recognized, much less available as a legal right, but >>>> some were moving in that direction. Washington, as a result, was swirling >>>> with all manner of possible responses, some quite draconian. As a >>>> bipartisan group of former senators stated in their March 1 amicus brief to >>>> the Supreme Court, many supporters of the bill known as DOMA believed that >>>> its passage “would defuse a movement to enact a constitutional amendment >>>> banning gay marriage, which would have ended the debate for a generation or >>>> more.” It was under these circumstances that DOMA came to my desk, opposed >>>> by only 81 of the 535 members of Congress. >>>> >>>> On March 27, DOMA will come before the Supreme Court >>>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2012/12/07/the-supreme-court-takes-up-doma/>, >>>> and the justices must decide whether it is consistent with the principles >>>> of a nation that honors freedom, equality and justice above all, and is >>>> therefore constitutional. As the president who signed the act into law, I >>>> have come to believe that DOMA is contrary to those principles and, in >>>> fact, incompatible with our Constitution. >>>> >>>> Because Section 3 of the act defines marriage as being between a man >>>> and a woman, same-sex couples who are legally married in nine states and >>>> the District of Columbia are denied the benefits of more than a thousand >>>> federal statutes and programs available to other married couples. Among >>>> other things, these couples cannot file their taxes jointly, take unpaid >>>> leave to care for a sick or injured spouse or receive equal family health >>>> and pension benefits as federal civilian employees. Yet they pay taxes, >>>> contribute to their communities and, like all couples, aspire to live in >>>> committed, loving relationships, recognized and respected by our laws. >>>> >>>> When I signed the bill, I included a statement >>>> <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/user/scotts/ftp/wpaf2mc/clinton.html> with >>>> the admonition that “enactment of this legislation should not, despite the >>>> fierce and at times divisive rhetoric surrounding it, be understood to >>>> provide an excuse for discrimination.” Reading those words today, I know >>>> now that, even worse than providing an excuse for discrimination, the law >>>> is itself discriminatory. It should be overturned. >>>> >>>> We are still a young country, and many of our landmark civil rights >>>> decisions are fresh enough that the voices of their champions still echo, >>>> even as the world that preceded them becomes less and less familiar. We >>>> have yet to celebrate the centennial of the 19th Amendment, but a society >>>> that denied women the vote would seem to us now not unusual or >>>> old-fashioned but alien. I believe that in 2013 DOMA and opposition to >>>> marriage equality are vestiges of just such an unfamiliar society. >>>> >>>> Americans have been at this sort of a crossroads often enough to >>>> recognize the right path. We understand that, while our laws may at times >>>> lag behind our best natures, in the end they catch up to our core values. >>>> One hundred fifty years ago, in the midst of the Civil War, President >>>> Abraham Lincoln concluded a message to Congress by posing the very question >>>> we face today: “It is not ‘Can any of us imagine better?’ but ‘Can we >>>> all do better <http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29503>?’ >>>> ” >>>> >>>> The answer is of course and always yes. In that spirit, I join with the >>>> Obama administration, the petitioner Edith Windsor >>>> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/edie-windsors-fight-for-same-sex-marriage-rights-continues-even-after-partners-death/2012/07/19/gJQARguhwW_story.html>, >>>> and the many other dedicated men and women who have engaged in this >>>> struggle for decades in urging the Supreme Court to overturn the Defense of >>>> Marriage Act. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 4:19 PM, Kate Offerdahl < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all - we are going to do 4:30. >>>> >>>> Those here at the Hilton can take the call from the staff room. >>>> >>>> Call-In: 718-441-3763, no pin >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Heather Stone <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Looping in Kate. She is going to get it scheduled. >>>> >>>> On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Dominic Lowell <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> All times are good for me. >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Heather Stone <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sounds like tony can do 4:15? Can others? If not I could do anytime >>>>>> before 5:15 or after 6. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sunday, October 25, 2015, Robby Mook <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Adding Dominic. >>>>>>> Agree--let's get our people on a call and push back >>>>>>> I'm also tied up for next few hours @ finance stuff. But let's get >>>>>>> this moving. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Oct 25, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Jake Sullivan < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Adding Tony, who recalls this from ’08 when she made a similar >>>>>>> argument. We did not turn up much to support idea that alternative was a >>>>>>> constitutional amendment. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also adding Schwerin. I think we should pull her statements around >>>>>>> the time she embraced marriage equality and place greatest emphasis on the >>>>>>> fact that she fully acknowledges that she evolved. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I’m on calls next two hours but Maya has my proxy. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *From:* Jennifer Palmieri [mailto:[email protected]] >>>>>>> *Sent:* Sunday, October 25, 2015 3:46 PM >>>>>>> *To:* Brian Fallon <[email protected]>; John Podesta < >>>>>>> [email protected]>; Robby Mook <[email protected]>; >>>>>>> Kristina Schake <[email protected]>; Maya Harris < >>>>>>> [email protected]>; Jake Sullivan < >>>>>>> [email protected]>; Marlon Marshall < >>>>>>> [email protected]>; Heather Stone < >>>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>> *Subject:* one chain on DOMA >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Think all of us are getting incoming from friends in LGBT community >>>>>>> about DOMA comments. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> HuffPo has reached out to us. I heard from Socarides that NYT was >>>>>>> doing something. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have no understanding of the issue – but clear this has a head of >>>>>>> steam. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Brian can put a statement out, but policy and political need to tell >>>>>>> us what you want us to do. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would suggest a conference call with relevant parties for how we >>>>>>> are going to handle all around – press, groups, politics. I have a bad >>>>>>> schedule for rest of day and may not be able to be on such a call but >>>>>>> don’t think I am needed. We just need guidance and then on political end >>>>>>> think we need a plan for how to hose down anxious friends. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dominic Lowell >>>>> LGBT Outreach Director | Hillary for America >>>>> 661.364.5186 >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dominic Lowell >>> LGBT Outreach Director | Hillary for America >>> 661.364.5186 >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Dominic Lowell >> LGBT Outreach Director | Hillary for America >> 661.364.5186 >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> >> > -- Dominic Lowell LGBT Outreach Director | Hillary for America 661.364.5186 [email protected]