House GOP lawyers finally give up on defending DOMA After the Supreme Court decision, the attorneys who defended the law have withdrawn from a related case

Lawyers for House Republicans have withdrawn from a case in Massachusetts in which they were defending the Defense of Marriage Act and a similar statute, citing the Court's holding that the law is unconstitutional.

The House’s Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group began defending DOMA once the Department of Justice announced that it no longer would, though House Republican leadership voted to take up the case instead.

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The case, McLaughlin v. Panetta, was a challenge to the constitutionality of DOMA on behalf of gay and lesbian members of the military and veterans who were being denied benefits.

The Washington Post reports: