House Repubs to Push for Repeal of DC Gay Marriage Law

When the Repubs got the House back, we expected to see a litany of booby-trap votes on social issues. Well, add one more to the list. Jim Jordan, chairman of the Republican Study Committee (aka the original Wingnut Caucus), recently announced he will push for a repeal of the District of Columbia's gay marriage law.

"I think RSC will push for it, and I’m certainly strongly for it. I don’t know if we’ve made a decision if I’ll do it or let another member do it, but I’m 100 percent for it," Jordan said.

Last year, Jordan authored a similar bill that never made it out of committee. However, the support of a caucus that makes up three-fourths of GOP House members likely assures a repeal bill will make it to the House floor. The District Board of Elections ruled that voting on a repeal would violate the District's Human Rights Act. However, it looks like Congress' ultimate authority over the capital trumps even that law.

Granted, that bill still has to go to the Senate, and it will almost certainly die there. But expect a lot of caterwauling from the Repubs about how they're simply protecting the right to vote. Let's say it all together as a group--civil rights and civil liberties cannot be put up for a vote. Period.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1/30/940045/-House-Repubs -to-push-for-repeal-of-DC-gay-marriage-law

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