hoisted by their own petard, intentionally?

[acroyear]

Congress's "Defense of Marriage Act" has resulted in late former congressman Gerry Studds's legally married spouse not being permitted to collect Studds's Congressional pension, a right that wouldn't have ever even been questioned with so-called "normal" marriages.

Comments

[wilhelmina-d.livejournal.com]

Lovely. I am terrified by our government and what's going on right now. This, Iraq, the space thing, arrests for free speech, military tribunals, torture, etc. What is wrong with these people? I know people are going to look back at us the way we look back at WWII Germans and ask, why didn't they do anything, but I don't know what we can do. I't incredibly depressing.

[greendalek.livejournal.com]

I'd be very surprised if ANY member of Congress speaks up to sympathise with, much less do something about, Studd's spouse's plight. Certainly not in the next three weeks.