Hillary wants to leave part of DOMA intact and only repeal the part that says the federal government will not recognize same-sex marriages. If she can do that, then the states will allow marriages or civil unions or not as they please, and the federal gov't will have to grant them all the rights accruing to married couples. If you just repeal DOMA outright as Obama wants to do, she thinks that will bring a constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriages or unions completely, no matter what the states want.

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