Republican presidential candidate
Herman Cain wants President Barack Obama impeached over his refusal
to defend in court the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the law that
forbids federal agencies from recognizing the legal marriages of gay
and lesbian couples, POLITICO.com
reported.
Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's
Pizza, said during a conference call with reporters that the
administration's position on DOMA was an impeachable offense.
“That's a great question and it is a
great – it would be a great thing to do but because the Senate is
controlled by Democrats we would never be able to get the Senate
first to take up that action, because they simply don't care what the
American public thinks. They would protect him and they wouldn't
even bring it up,” Cain said.
He added: “So the main stumbling
block in terms of getting him impeached on a whole list of things
such as trying to pass a health care mandate which is
unconstitutional, ordering the Department of Justice to not enforce
the Defense of Marriage Act – that's an impeachable offense right
there. The president is supposed to uphold the laws of this nation …
and to tell the Department of Justice not to uphold the Defense of
Marriage Act is a breach of his oath. … There are a number of
things where a case could be made in order to impeach him, but
because Republicans do not control the United States Senate, they
would never allow it to get off the ground.”