http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/22704/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/why-did-bill-clinton-sign-doma-sleep-deprivation-and-96-opponent-bob-dole-suggests-ny-times <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>As two gay-marriage cases reach the Supreme Court this week, <em>New York Times</em>' Peter Baker served up Bill Clinton's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/us/politics/bill-clintons-decision-and-regret-on-defense-of-marriage-act.html?hp&amp;pagewanted=all">mea culpa</a> on the Defense of Marriage Act, which the president signed into law in 1996, in the heat of his re-election campaign. <img src="http://www.mrc.org/sites/default/files/images/Peter_Baker_3.jpg.crop_display.jpg" style="float: right;" height="177" width="313" /></p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/why-did-bill-clinton-sign-doma-sleep-deprivation-and-96-opponent-bob-dole-suggests-ny-times" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Anderson Cooper Bill Clinton Campaign 1996 Defense of Marriage Act DOMA Gay Rights Peter Baker Supreme Court Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:49:31 +0000 clay.waters 43024 at http://archive2.mrc.org