- Congressman Lamar Smith, R-Texas
Texas Congressman Lamar Smith, a Republican who represents a portion of Central Texas that includes, believe it or not, part of Travis County, is once again showing his way-right conservative roots — not to mention his lack of knowledge on the basic facts of world history.
According to the Christian news service One News Now, Smith has announced that he intends to introduce federal legislation this fall to define marriage as being between one man and one woman.
In making the announcement, Smith told One News Now: “I think it’s important for Congress to go on record saying that we need to respect the traditional definition of marriage — to recognize a standard that has served all civilizations for thousands of years.” And that’s why I made the comment about his lack of knowledge of basic historical fact. Even the tiniest bit of research can show that the “one man, one woman” model is actually a fairly recent thing, in historical terms.
Anyway, Smith also said he will introduce the legislation in response to Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling on the California Prop 8 case, because his constituents are “somewhere between disturbed and outraged” by Walker’s ruling. And Smith poo-pooed the idea that LGBT people might have the constitutional right to marry whomever they want, saying, “Can you think of anything further from the minds of those who wrote the Constitution?”
(Actually, Congressman, I can think of several things that would horrify those authors of the Constitution, not the least of which would be seeing you and others like you use government to force religious beliefs on U.S. citizens.)
I am thinking we probably have some Instant Tea readers in Smith’s congressional district, District 21, which includes portions of Bexar and Travis counties and all of Comal, Real, Kerr, Bandera, Kendall and Blanco counties. So if you live in his district, you might want to contact his office, let him know that you are one of his constituents and tell him exactly what you think of his plan to introduce this legislation.
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Will someone please answer these questions………
Since Prop 8 will more than likely go before the U.S. Supreme Court. It is a pretty good chance that the U.S.S.C. will rule the same way and make it a Federal Law that all states will have to comply that same sex marriage is a consitutional right, Right?. Won’t all these federal legislations that these Grandpa Munster looking wannabe saviors looking for a re-up at the polls want to pass, won’t these be just a waste of time then also? I hope so cause this is a big ol load of crap. So go ahead and file your Bill, Lamar, and file it way up in your………. hair do – hair don’t.
I say that if they can have a bill that protects marriage and defines it then we can have a bill to protect it as well. NO DIVORCES allowed sorry the sanctity of marriage depends on it.
I am one of Lamar Smith’s constituents & I am also angry. I am angry that he has really done absolutely NOTHING for TX, for the environment and that he would waste TX time by introducing this bill while so many other important things need to be addressed. The insane conservative people of TX have already caused an amendment to be written causing the constitution to say that marriage is between one man & one woman so what do we need this one for??? WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE LIKE THIS OUT OF CONGRESS!
If the Broadway Baptist Church in FW can accept gays, why can’t Texas?In the words of a dear friend (paraphrase) – “We are not here to subvert your children, we do not want to take your wife or husband….we just want to be treated fairly and equally”…..is that too much to ask????