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<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;" align="left"><img src="http://www.onenewsnow.com/uploadedImages/Media/Images/question_glass.jpg" border="0" alt="magnifying glass question" title="magnifying glass question" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="131" height="128" align="left" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 9px; margin-bottom: 3px; margin-left: 0px;" />Family Research Council has sent a "freedom of information" request to the Department of Justice concerning its decision not to further defend the Defense of Marriage Act.</p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;" align="center"><a href="http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF11C01.pdf" target="_blank" title="Read FRC's letter to the Dept. of Justice" style="color: #0e4d8b; background: inherit;"><strong>Read FRC's letter to the Dept. of Justice</strong></a> [PDF]</p>
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<p style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;">DOMA is the 1996 federal law that defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Last week, lawmakers on Capitol Hill received a six-page letter from U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announcing the administration's decision to switch sides on the issue, claiming the law is unconstitutional. Almost simultaneously, Holder issued a press release as well, announcing the DOJ was bailing out on lawsuits against the traditional view of marriage.</p>
