Apparently, traditional marriage the way that Representative Souder was practicing it was in the form of the union of one man with two women.

On May 7 of 2010, Rep. Cynthia Lummis joined with Rep. Rob Bishop and eight other members of Congress to form a new caucus called the 10th Amendment Task Force, the purpose of which will be to… develop and promote proposals that aim to disperse power, decision-making, and money from Washington back to states, local [...]

Mike Pence stands firmly against efforts to make the USA a more just and equitable nation. His policy positions may help him gain the favor of the corporations and lobbyists who can provide large amounts of money to a nationwide campaign, but whether they will earn him the support of the voters upon which his success must ultimately depend remains to be seen.

If he believes the federal government should be promoting a marriage culture, then Jay Riermersma would favor removing roadblocks that stop people who want to get married from actually being able to tie the knot, right?

Independent congressional candidate Bruce Teich says only that he’s “pro-marriage”, but what does that mean? Does it mean that he’s in favor of marriage, and therefore supports the equal right to marry for homosexual as well as heterosexual couples?

In 2008, Florida congressman Allen Boyd told the Christian Family Coalition that he would vote for a constitutional amendment to ban marriage equality under the law, cutting off marriage and its benefits to all same-sex couples, even for states that had made it legal. Indeed, in 2004 and in 2006 he voted for just such [...]

Congressman Jason Chaffetz is aligned with the Religious Right, and the Religious Right demands that there will be no marriage equality for same-sex couples, so if opposing marriage equality means adopting a pose of allowing democratic choice for the definition of marriage, Chaffetz will do it.

The same inconsistency is there when it comes to the relative power between federal and local governments. Right wing activists say that local governments should have power above the federal government’s power, when local governments want to deny people rights. When local governments seek to protect constitutional rights, however, the same right wing activists show no respect for local decisions.

It is in this spirit that yesterday, the following 39 Republican members of Congress signed their name to a legal brief urging a court to block D.C.’s legalization of same-sex marriage.

If Larry Gause’s change to marriage law were to be accepted, only religious Americans would be allowed to get married. No atheists could get married. Even people who don’t belong to a church might not be able to get married.

For Democratic voters in Virginia’s 1st district who care about equality, the choice in the 2010 congressional primary is clear: Vote Krystal Ball, not Scott Robinson.