On February 23, the Obama administration gave notice that it would no longer defend in court the federal Defense of Marriage Act….
Law experts acknowledge that extending marriage to same-sex couples creates a lengthy list of conflicts with the practices of faith-based organizations–for example, faith-based adoption agencies that have always placed children with mother-father families may be forced either also to accept same-sex couples or to give up the license to offer adoption services….
So if DOMA is not upheld, FBOs are likely to face, on an accelerated basis, pressures from state and local officials to go along with the supposed progressive flow of history and give up their “bias” for biblical marriage. And if federal officials treat DOMA as irrelevant, FBOs may face federal regulations and policies that conflict with their convictions about marriage.
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