WASHINGTON, D.C., June 28, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act barring federal recognition of same-sex “marriages,” a Kansas-based congressman vowed to introduce a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
“[T]hese unelected judges have allowed the desires of adults to trump the needs of children,” Congressman Tim Huelskamp, R-KS, said. “Decades of research on families, combined with generations and centuries of human experience, all agree – children do best when they have a married mom and dad in the home.”
“This ruling further undermines that ideal, causing harm to America’s children and all of society,” he added.
He said that the high Court “short-circuited the democratic process” with their decision, and pointed out what he saw as hypocrisy in the two rulings issued last Wednesday.
“The Court had neither logic nor constitutional principles in mind,” Huelskamp said. “In the DOMA decision, the majority claims states have the sole responsibility to define marriage. But in the Proposition 8 case they discarded the votes of 7 million Californians who voted to defend traditional marriage.”
“This radical usurpation of legislative and popular authority will not end the debate over marriage in this country,” said Huelskamp. “Congress clearly must respond to these bad decisions, and as a result, I plan to introduce the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA) to amend the United States Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.”
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“I think we’ve got a shot, but it’s a long ways to go,” Huelskamp told Fox 4 News in Kansas City. “It’s a difficult route.”
In order for a constitutional amendment to pass, it would have to be approved by a two-thirds vote in both the House and Senate; then ratified by at least 38 states.
Currently, 37 states have laws in place explicitly banning same-sex “marriage.”