[net-gold] UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT : LAW: LEGISLATION: DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT : POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY: Behind A Major Law Firm's Decision To Ditch Its Defense Of DOMA
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- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:37:01 -0400 (EDT)
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UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT :
LAW: LEGISLATION: DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT :
POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY:
Behind A Major Law Firm's Decision To Ditch
Its Defense Of DOMA
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Behind A Major Law Firm's Decision To Ditch
Its Defense Of DOMA
Brian Beutler
April 25, 2011, 5:33PM
TPM
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/
behind-a-major-law-firms-decision-to-ditch-its-defense-of-doma.php
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/6k5qqnw
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When the Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding announced on April 18 that
it would represent the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and
defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, it apparently
didn't realize what a mess it had made for itself.
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Exactly one week later, the firm reversed its decision, prompting a
high-profile partner -- former Solicitor General Paul Clement -- to resign
publicly, and House Speaker John Boehner's staff to issue a statement
criticizing the firm for "its careless disregard for its responsibilities
to the House in this constitutional matter."
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As public relations debacles go, this was a doozy. But the firm must have
calculated that the alternative would have been worse. In the intervening
week, a series of public and behind-the-scenes developments made it clear
that the firm would suffer recriminations for defending what many of its
top clients and future recruits -- not to mention gay rights advocates --
consider to be an anti-gay law.
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Sources with knowledge of the backlash confirm that one of King &
Spalding's top clients, Coca Cola, also based in Atlanta, directly
intervened to press the firm to extricate itself from the case.
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A Coca Cola spokesman declined to comment on or off the record for this
story, but pointed TPM to the company's long public history of support for
equality and diversity.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxx
http://daviddillard.businesscard2.com
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