K.S. Rajan (11
July 2013)
"As in the days of
Noah and Lot:
White House to name new liaison to Jewish community, a
LGBT activist and point man"
As in the days of Noah and Lot:
White House to name new liaison to Jewish community,
a LGBT activist and point man
Lawyer Matt Nosanchuck has served as LGBT pointman in Justice
Department, was active in crafting Obama’s gay rights agenda
The White House is set to name Matt Nosanchuk, a lawyer who has
been prominent in advancing the Obama administration’s gay
rights policies, as its new full-time Jewish liaison.
From 2009 to 2012, Nosanchuk was a top staffer in the Justice
Department’s civil rights division, where he helped shape the
Obama administration’s response to a challenge to the Defense of
Marriage Act. That challenge last month successfully nullified
the act, extending federal rights to same-sex couples