President Obama hailed the Supreme Court's decision Wednesday striking down part of the Defense of Marriage Act, calling it a victory for all Americans as well as same-sex couples.

If Democrats still reeling from the Republican surge that remade Congress needed a reminder that President Obama hadn’t abandoned his progressive agenda for the mushy center, he gave them a ...

In a decision described as "shocking" and "breathtaking," the Obama administration announced this afternoonthat the Justice Department will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal ...

WASHINGTON, July 9, 2010— -- Since taking office, President Obama has rarely walked as fine a line in balancing allegiance to competing interests as he has with the Defense of Marriage Act ...

Feb. 23, 2011— -- President Obama has instructed the Justice Department to stop defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, which has since 1996 banned federal recognition ...

Now, however, Mr. Obama has given the strongest signal yet that he may actually support same-sex marriage, by throwing his backing behind a new bill that would overturn the 15-year-old Defense of ...

Earlier Monday, Obama was taping an appearance with The View, where his announcement last Wednesday also came up. "A lot of this has to do with what's called the Defense of Marriage act," Obama ...

The second reporter who was called on, MSNBC's White House reporter Chuck Todd, asked the president to comment on the constitutionality of three things – the War Powers Act, the debt limit, and "do ...

Supporters of same-sex marriage have expressed disappointment that the Obama administration is defending the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court. The act, signed into law by President Bill ...

President Obama’s administration said Friday that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional, filing a brief weeks ahead of scheduled arguments before the Supreme Court. In its ...

President Obama endorsed a bill Tuesday that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a 15-year-old law denying federal benefits for same-sex couples. “The president has long called for a ...