Christian Web News - Recently, Obama’s campaign promise to the LGBT community to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act has vanished from the White House website.
On Inauguration Day, the president unveiled his pro-homosexual agenda under a category on the White House website called “Civil Rights.” He called for the repeal of the act that received an overwhelming bipartisan vote in Congress (342-67 and 85-14) and was signed by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
DOMA states that federal laws must be interpreted in accord with the traditional definition of marriage as the union of husband and wife.
The following is the original language posted on the White House website:
Oppose a Constitutional Ban on Same-Sex Marriage: President Obama voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment in 2006 which would have defined marriage as between a man and a woman and prevented judicial extension of marriage-like rights to same-sex or other unmarried couples.
Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples: President Obama supports full civil unions that give same-sex couples legal rights and privileges equal to those of married couples. Obama also believes we need to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits currently provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally-recognized unions. These rights and benefits include the right to assist a loved one in times of emergency, the right to equal health insurance and other employment benefits, and property rights. (emphasis added)
Now, the president's goal to repeal the act has been removed. Instead, the website now states the following:
President Obama also continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and believes that our anti-discrimination employment laws should be expanded to include sexual orientation and gender identity. He supports full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples and opposes a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
Peter LaBarbara, president of Americans for Truth questioned whether scrubbing the language means repealing DOMA is now a low priority for the Obama administration.
"We hope so, given that support for traditional marriage, between a man and a woman, remains strong throughout the country," he said in a statement. "We hope that President Obama recognizes that his anti-DOMA pledge – like his radical campaign embracing the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), which would eviscerate pro-life laws restricting abortion across America – is not popular with mainstream voters, even if it was useful in rallying liberal Democratic activists during the campaign."
Christian Web News - Jesus has a way of getting right to the point, doesn't He? There was certainly no mincing of words, He came right out and said, "why are you fearful?" and then went on to say, "O you of little faith." You don't have to read between the lines to see what He was saying, they had little faith.
Christian Web News - Galatians 3:13-14. Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree''), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
