NEWS FLASH
White House Has No Comment On Proposition 8 Ruling | During this afternoon’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had no immediate response to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against Proposition 8. “I don’t have a comment on litigation in general and in this litigation to which we are not a party,” he began. “Beyond that, I can say that the President has long opposed, as you know, divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same-sex couples.” Watch it:
Update
Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson presses Carney on the issue and he notes, “these are proactive, deliberate efforts to deny benefits and to be discriminatory”:
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