Tammy Baldwin (Democrat from Madison, WI) is an “out” lesbian. She actually listed “LGBT” as her “religion” in a survey of members of Congress a few years back.
It’s misleading that they refer to Jared Polis (Democrat from Boulder, CO) as “the first openly gay member elected to the House.” Even if they exclude those that didn’t come out of the closet until after their initial election (but were subsequently reelected), such as Barney Frank, I thought that Tammy Baldwin was already openly lesbian when she was first elected. Maybe not, or maybe The Hill doesn’t deem “gay” to include both males and females with same-sex preference.
I really, really hope that these ultraliberals push a repeal of DOMA, since it will result in even more states adopting marriage-protection constitutional amendments and will revive the movement to adopt a Federal Marriage Amendment. The only risk is that Obama will then speak out against the repeal of DOMA in an attempt at a “Sister Souljah moment” and have people be fooled into thinking that he’s a “moderate” after all. But there is abbsolutely no way that DOMA will be repealed in this Congress.
The adoption of state marriage-protection amendments will be a moot point for states if the repeal of DOMA does go through - I can hardly see how such amendments could be a safeguard.
I mourn the fact that we've lost any real chance to pass a Federal Marriage Amendment - the window of opportunity was open a crack several years ago, but the vile moderates, libertarians, and head-in-the-sand, let's-be-nice Republicans thought it was overkill and mean, saying that an amendment could be passed if the dire need arose. Well, the logical conclusion of our apathy and downright stupidity is upon us. Do we think that after state enforced sodomy recognition-as-marriage is forced on us all that the momentum will EVER be regained to pass such an amendment? And that during the lengthy process required to do so, untold injury and outright rape to every decent societal value will not be brought upon Americans in every quarter of society with a raging vengeance by the homo-fascists?
Read the links posted by MassMike and weep. This will be America from shore to shore if the tide is not held at bay and pushed back by some miraculous means.