Conneticut Resident Launches Campaign to Ask Attorney general to File Lawsuit Against DOMA

Paul Sousa, a 22-year-old Cambridge, Mass. resident who will attend Boston College law school this fall, has launched a campaign urging Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to follow the lead of Massachusetts AG Martha Coakley, and file a lawsuit against the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the Hartford Courant reports: "Massachusetts was the first state in the nation to legalize gay marriage and the complaint, filed July 8 in U.S. District Court in Boston, contends that Congress "overstepped its authority, undermined states' efforts to recognize marriages between same-sex couples, and codified an animus towards gay and lesbian people.'...Sousa is using Facebook and other social media to encourage people to flood Blumenhal's office next week with calls and letters. He says he just launched the effort last week and already, more than 500 people have pledged to take part." Full Story from Towleroad.com

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