Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who is testing the waters for a presidential run in 2012, is blasting his fellow Republicans for timidity in defense of traditional marriage. He cites as Exhibit A: The relatively muted response to the Obama administration’s announcement it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in court. DOMA, as it is known, says states can refuse to recognize the same-sex marriages and civil unions performed in other states. The law defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.

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