Lawmaker (Dan Lundgren) reintroduces antimarriage amendment in U.S. House [View All]

[siliconefreak]

Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, on Thursday reintroduced the discriminatory Federal Marriage Amendment, now renamed the "Defense of Marriage Amendment." The bill is designed to punish same-sex couples, gay parents, and their children by stripping the federal government and each individual state from offering marriage equality--and the attending protections and responsibilities--to all its citizens.

Lungren's bill includes language that would not only invalidate thousands of existing legal same-sex marriages in Massachusetts but would likely inhibit states from offering and could possibly overturn civil unions or domestic-partnership recognition for gay and lesbian taxpayers. The Senate version of the amendment was reintroduced in January.

In announcing the bill, Lungren denigrated the U.S. court system as undemocratic.

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Politicians often propose unpopular actions on Friday afternoons because the news reaches fewer Americans on Saturdays, when newspaper circulation and television news viewership are at their lowest.

More: http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=15480&sd=03/19/05-03/21/05

And to think that this jackass wanted to be the governor of California. :spank: