John Boehner defends House GOP’s DOMA defense

Published June 27, 2013 4:00am ET



House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday defended his leadership’s decision to spend millions of dollars in a failed attempt to back the Defense of Marriage Act, adding he has no plans to push similar legislation aimed at stopping same-sex marriage.

The Ohio lawmaker said that while he was disappointed with Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling to strike down DOMA, he will respect the court’s decision.

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