Ohio Congressman "Fighting" to Ban Gay Marriage in District of Columbia

Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan reckons them Ohio gays shouldn't be married. And Thursday he introduced legislation in Congress to make sure them Washington D.C. gays can't get hitched neither.

Jordan, along with Democrat Dan Boren (the same Dan Boren who refused to endorse Barack Obama in 2008) rolled out the D.C. Defense of Marriage Act in response to the May 5th vote of the Washington D.C. Council to recognize same-sex marriages of other states and countries. The vote passed 12-1 and is expected to lead to future legislation legalizing same-sex marriage within the District of Columbia. (Full D.C.-based coverage of this story at the Washington Blade)

Jordan, in a statement, seemed way too pleased with his himself saying:

"...the family is truly the foundational institution of our nation, and marriage is its cornerstone."

"I look forward to working with the D.C. community, a majority of who — like a majority of Americans — support traditional marriage," he said. "This is a fight we cannot shy away from, and it is a fight we have to win."

Keeping two people apart who love each other, and care for each other so much that they want a legal contract binding them together as one is "a fight we have to win?" Seriously?

Ohio is a diverse state. We've got every type of person with every type of opinion. Those opinions don't always work together in perfect harmony, but the beauty of our form of government is that these differing opinions can find a home in Congress where legislators advocate for every issue imaginable. What's disturbing about the issues Jim Jordan champions is that they deprive people of their civil liberties. At the end of the day, you can't be less American than that.

It's a pretty safe bet that the voters of Ohio's Fourth Congressional District are a bit more conservative than other parts of the state. That's not always a bad thing. When they sent Jim Jordan to Washington, it's likely they expected to get someone working to keep taxes low and government out of their lives. They've received neither to date. Jordan, who is passionate about eliminating federal earmarks isn't afraid to take them. And on keeping government out of the lives of Americans, Jordan again proved this week that he simply can't walk the talk as he went above and beyond in imposing his "values" on people well outside his district.

I don't expect voters of the 4th District to send Jordan home in 2010, but it would be nice if they could reign him in a bit. When a leader fights so passionately to deny people civil liberties, it's only a matter of time before he begins trying to criminalize thought and speech. Those aren't conservative values, and they certainly aren't liberal values. They're Stone Age Values and Jim Jordan is going "old, old, old school" in his efforts to push us there. Way to represent Ohio, Jim.