One of the authors of DOMA, now a open lesbian and pro-marriage advocate, says she is indebted to gay advocates but has no guilt over her past

I am glad that Kathryn Lehman has joined the fight for marriage equality and appreciates all the rights she enjoys because of the LGBT activists and mostly Democratic leaders.  However, like Ken Mehlman, she needs to fight for our rights in Congress and the GOP if she wants people to forget her past:

Today, Ms. Lehman, 53, no longer has a husband, and no longer identifies as straight. And she is a lobbyist for Freedom to Marry, which is devoted to overturning the very law she helped write, the Defense of Marriage Act. But Ms. Lehman is still a fervent Republican. “I’m trying to break the stereotype that all gays and lesbians, especially lesbians, are Democrats,” she said. [snip] Ms. Lehman said she felt no guilt over her role in the law banning federal recognition of same-sex marriage. Her motivation, she said, is her gratitude for those who fought for gay rights decades before she knew the cause was her own. If it were not for them, “I would not be living the wonderful life that I am right now with Julie,” Ms. Lehman said, referring to her partner, Julie Conway, a Republican fund-raiser, with whom she lives in Alexandria, Va.