It’s a piece of legislation that denies the constitutional right of equal protection under the law to same-sex couples, but also interferes with the ability of D.C. residents to express their values through representative government.

This morning That’s My Congress has released a report scoring the legislative performance of members of the LGBT Equality Caucus of the House of Representatives in the 111th Congress. The report takes 12 bills identified by the caucus as a slate of legislation in support of civil rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. [...]

In her campaign to be elected as Ohio’s 15th District representative to the U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Kilroy asked for help. On August 31, 2008, about fifty members of Columbus’ gay and lesbian activist community turned out in a Get Out the Vote operation for members of the Democratic Party up and down the ticket. [...]

Obama’s base of popularity appears to be crumbling now, due to his support for DOMA’s discrimination against same-sex couples. It seems to be a good time to press the issue, but not one bill seeking to overturn DOMA exists in either house of Congress. Why?

Discrimination happens when people are treated differently according to their social status. At the federal level for some time now, same-sex couples have been discriminated against. Most broadly, this discrimination against same-sex couples has occurred in the context of marriage. Since the passage of the Defense of Marriage Act in the 1990s, successive Congresses have [...]

The amendment would also nullify civil union laws, or any other state of union “having the legal incidents of marriage”.

The first section to the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any [...]

When Congressman Broun’s amendment to forbids some Americans from getting married, it undermines the 14th amendment to the Constitution. Congressman Broun’s constitutional amendment says that equality in America is only for some people. Within Congressman Broun’s new vision for America, equality will be traded in for inequality. Paul Broun’s constitutional amendment is anti-equality, and it’s anti-marriage.