In a remarkable courtroom revelation, a group pushing for repeal of the federal Defense of Marriage Act stated that the Internal Revenue Service recently changed its policies and is functioning as if the law preserving traditional matrimony does not exist.
Peter Breen, executive director and legal counsel with the Thomas More Society, was in court alongside a lawyer from the House of Representatives to argue that DOMA prohibits recognition of same-sex marriages performed in other countries.
Congress was forced to defend DOMA after Barack Obama’s Justice Department announced last year it would refuse to carry out its responsibility to defend the law....