comments
Respond
Comment on the article
Add a citation
Reply with an article
Start a new topic
Edit
Edit article
Delete article
Share
Invite
Link
Embed
Social media
Avatar
View
Graph
Explorer
Focus
Down
Load 1 level
Load 2 levels
Load 3 levels
Load 4 levels
Load all levels
All
Dagre
Focus
Down
Load 1 level
Load 2 levels
Load 3 levels
Load 4 level
Load all levels
All
Tree
SpaceTree
Focus
Expanding
Load 1 level
Load 2 levels
Load 3 levels
Down
All
Down
Radial
Focus
Expanding
Load 1 level
Load 2 levels
Load 3 levels
Down
All
Down
Box
Focus
Expanding
Down
Up
All
Down
Article ✓
Outline
Document
Down
All
Page
Canvas
Time
Timeline
Calendar
Updates
Subscribe to updates
Get updates
Past 24 hours
Past week
Past month
Past year
Pause updates
Contact us
Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
The Obama administration should repeal the the
Defense of Marriage Act
.
RELATED ARTICLES
Explain
⌅
What should Obama do next?
What should Obama do next?☜A series of debate maps for The Independent exploring the question of what Obama and America should do next on the main policy issues facing the new administration after the inauguraton on 20 January 2009.☜F1CEB7
⌃
Human Rights?
Human Rights?☜What Human Rights policies should the Obama administration adopt?☜FFB597
⌃
Civil Rights?
Civil Rights?☜What Civil Rights policy measures should the Obama administration implement?☜FFB597
⌃
Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples
Support Full Civil Unions and Federal Rights for LGBT Couples☜The Obama administration should support full civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT Couples.☜59C6EF
■
Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act
Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act☜The Obama administration should repeal the the Defense of Marriage Act.☜9FDEF6
↳
The Def. of Marr. Act doesn't hinder civil rights
The Def. of Marr. Act doesn't hinder civil rights☜The act is designed merely to define marriage as existing between adult individuals of the opposite sex. It does not interfere with the rights that are extended to couples on the basis of marital status, where those couples are recognized by the state as civil unions. ☜EF597B
□
Extend Federal rights to same sex couples in civil unions
Extend Federal rights to same sex couples in civil unions☜The Obama administration should enact legislation that would ensure that the 1,100+ federal legal rights and benefits provided on the basis of marital status are extended to same-sex couples in civil unions and other legally-recognized union.☜9FDEF6
□
Graph of this discussion
Graph of this discussion☜Click this to see the whole debate, excluding comments, in graphical form☜dcdcdc
Enter the title of your article
Enter a short (max 500 characters) summation of your article
Click the button to enter task scheduling information
Open
Enter the main body of your article
Prefer more work space? Try the
big editor
Enter task details
Message text
Select assignee(s)
Due date (click calendar)
RadDatePicker
RadDatePicker
Open the calendar popup.
Calendar
Title and navigation
Title and navigation
<<
<
July 2024
>
<<
July 2024
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
27
30
1
2
3
4
5
6
28
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
29
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
30
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
31
28
29
30
31
1
2
3
32
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Reminder
No reminder
1 day before due
2 days before due
3 days before due
1 week before due
Ready to post
Copy to text
Enter
Cancel
Task assignment(s) have been emailed and cannot now be altered
Lock
Cancel
Save
Comment graphing options
Choose comments:
Comment only
Whole thread
All comments
Choose location:
To a new map
To this map
New map options
Select map ontology
Options
Standard (default) ontology
College debate ontology
Hypothesis ontology
Influence diagram ontology
Story ontology
Graph to private map
Cancel
Proceed
+Comments (
0
)
- Comments
Add a comment
Newest first
Oldest first
Show threads
+Citations (
0
)
- Citations
Add new citation
List by:
Citerank
Map
+About
- About
Entered by:-
David Price
NodeID:
#8329
Node type:
Component
Entry date (GMT):
12/5/2008 11:50:00 PM
Last edit date (GMT):
1/1/2009 8:31:00 PM
Show other editors
Incoming cross-relations:
0
Outgoing cross-relations:
0
Average rating:
0
by
0
users
Enter comment
Select article text to quote
Cancel
Enter
welcome text
First name
Last name
Email
Skip
Join
x
Select file to upload