Obama Orders Justice Department to Stop Defending Federal Discrimination against Same-Sex Marriage

From the New York Times:

President Obama, in a major legal policy shift, has directed the Justice Department to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act—the 1996 law that bars federal recognition of same-sex marriages—against lawsuits challenging it as unconstitutional.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday saying that the Justice Department will now take the position in court that the Defense of Marriage Act should be struck down as a violation of gay couples’ rights to equal protection under the law

Yes! This federal law is a violation of gay people’s rights to equality under the law.