Democratic Senators Divided on Obama's Call for Repealing Defense of Marriage Act
By Josiah Ryan
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
May 21, 2008
On the Spot. (CNSNews.com) - A sampling of Senate Democrats expressed sharply divergent views yesterday on whether they would support Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) call to "fully repeal" the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which in the wake of this week's California Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage as well as a similar 2003 decision by the high court of Massachusetts, would have the effect of legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.