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Celebrated the Role of Lesbian Mothers on Mother’s Day: May 7, 2010-
PresidentObama proclaimed the role that “two mothers” may have in “nurturing” children.
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Extended Domestic Partner Benefits without Authority: June 2, 2010
- Extended a widevariety of quasi-marital domestic partner benefits to homosexual partners of federalemployees, despite the absence of statutory authority to do so.
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Praised the Contributions of Homosexual Fathers on Father’s Day: June 18, 2010-
President Obama expanded the role of father to include a second father in his Father’sDay press release.
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Drastically Changed the Military’s Traditional Policies: December 22, 2010-
PresidentObama reversed a 200 year-old policy that protected soldiers against homosexualconduct in the armed forces, and the risk of increasing sexual tension, harassment, andassault.
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Abandoned Duty to Protect the Marriage Laws of the United States: February 23,2011-
President Obama shirked executive responsibility by abandoning legal defense ofthe federal Defense of Marriage Act,
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forcing the House of Representatives tointervene to defend the law
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Ended Normal Workplace Dress Codes:
May 27, 2011-
President Obama prohibiteddiscrimination based on “gender identity” (i.e., cross-dressing) in federal employment,despite the absence of statutory authority.
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Peter S. Sprigg is Senior Fellow for Policy Studies at the Family Research Council.
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“President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts,” The White House, Office of the PressSecretary, accessed on July 3, 2012,http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-More-Key-Administration-Posts-9/14/09/.
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“Family Day, 2009,” The White House, Office of the Secretary, September 28, 2009, accessed on July 3,2012,http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-Family-Day-2009/.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
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Peter Sprigg, “Marriage law doesn’t count at Census Bureau,”
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, April 14, 2010, accessed June 20, 2012,http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/14/marriage-law-doesnt-count-at-census-bureau/.