Lawyer Quits Firm in Rift Over DOMA

It's what lawyers do--unless the gay and lesbian lobby doesn't like it. Terrorists, serial killers, rapists, scammers, child molesters, wife beaters--they all get their day in court with lawyers defending them who may intensely dislike them. But apparently not the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which is federal law and which Obama (another campaign promise broken) has decided shouldn't be.

Paul Clement, who worked for more than three years as U.S. solicitor general under President George W. Bush, said he was leaving the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding LLP because he disagreed with the firm's decision to no longer represent a group of House lawmakers hoping to fend off a constitutional challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act. . .

Big law firms often handle politically sensitive matters but rarely face public criticism for it. House Democrats, gay and lesbian organizations and other advocacy groups attacked the firm for agreeing to defend the law.

Lawyer Quits Firm in Rift Over Marriage Act - WSJ.com