President Obama, a former professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School, has instructed the Attorney General Eric H. Holder not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act passed by Congress because he believes it is unconstitutional. What is unconstitutional about the dictionary and the Bible's definition of marriage?

It is odd that he takes this view and yet opposes any challenge to his health-care reform law, which two courts have ruled unconstitutional, and which many legal scholars also say violates the Constitution.

Hurry up 2012!

Richard L. Lelonek, Baltimore