DOMA: What Everyone's Saying

Excitement rippled through the offices of gay organizations, human rights groups, and equality-minded politicians as soon as news broke on Wednesday that the Justice Department will not defend the Clinton-era Defense of Marriage Act. While DOMA is far from dead — it's likely congressional leaders will be able to defend the law in a federal appellate court — many reacted with jubilation. Here's what they're saying:

“Congressional leaders must not waste another taxpayer dollar defending this patently unconstitutional law. The federal government has no business picking and choosing which legal marriages they want to recognize. Instead Congress should take this opportunity to wipe the stain of marriage discrimination from our laws." — Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese