Marriage Protection Act of Stupidity

   The Marriage Protection Act of 2004 (H.B. 3313) passed in the House of Representatives. Basically, they are trying to keep any court from ruling the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. This is bad for 2 reasons. I was always taught that our government was divided into three branches, and that was the system of checks and balances. This was so that no one branch of government would become all powerful and corrupt. This new law would seem to circumvent the basic structure and concept of our government. It is rather scary that 233 of our representatives voted in favor of this, just on those grounds.
   Now, the fact that they went and did this is ridiculous. Are they really protecting marriage? No, they're protecting themselves from an onslaught from the religious right. It should really be called the "Protecting My Self-Serving Ass Act." At least then it would be more accurate. And the effect is that it takes away gay and lesbians' right to address grievances against our government. Hmm... Didn't our forefathers revolt at one point with that being one of the reasons? Perhaps a revolt is in order. Or perhaps we'll just redecorate.
   By the way, thank you again to Sherrod Brown of Ohio for standing up for gay and lesbian constituants and voting "no" on this bill.
(sources: Text of HB 3313, How they voted on HB 3313, Lambda Legal)