Posted by
Billy on Friday, October 29, 2010 11:16:16 AM
Federal agencies are implementing President Obama's executive order to provide
more healthcare benefits to same-gender partners of government employees, but
one conservative attorney thinks he's in direct violation of federal law and is
again overstepping his boundaries. (See related
story)
In the opinion of Liberty Counsel's Matt Barber, Obama's order to change the
1997 Family and Medical
Leave Act (FMLA) to include a 24-hour "leave without pay" benefit to
domestic partners represents another abuse of power.
"He has, via unconstitutional executive fiat, unilaterally and
arbitrarily disregarded the federal Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA,
which states that the federal government only recognizes legitimate marriage as
between one man and one woman," Barber contends. (Obama and DOMA - high
crimes and misdemeanors?)
But he is hopeful the
voting public will send a message to the president.