A group of South Carolina Republican state senators are working to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
A South Carolina Senate subcommittee today passed a resolution to add an amendment – not to their own state’s constitution – but to the U.S. Constitution, that would ban same-sex marriage. The measure was passed onto the Senate Judiciary committee, where it would likely pass as well.
The resolution, S 0031, charges that “opponents of the traditional, sacred definition of marriage as union of a man and woman have gone to court to force their contrary view upon the majority of Americans.” It posits that “marriage has long been defined by relationships between men and women. The tradition is measured in millennia, not centuries or decades,” and “marriage being defined as a union between a man and a woman has, until recently, been adopted by all governments and every major religion in the world.”
It could also effectively nullify current same-sex marriages if licensed by states that choose to later ban them.
South Carolina Republican State Senators Larry Grooms (image) and Danny Verdin are the sponsors of S 0031.Â
“It has to do with the propagation of our species,†Grooms said today, according to The Post and Courier. “It is what is in the best interest of our species. Now we’re told through a federal judge that now we have to change that. It throws out of kilter all of our laws that have been based on the foundation of a man and a woman (being married).â€
On Facebook today, Grooms added, “It is high time the states step up and do what we can to preserve life and liberty for the future generations.”
GOP State Sen. Lee Bright reportedly stated that federal judges who have made same-sex marriage legal should be impeached.
Subcommittee Chairman Shane Massey weighed in as well.
“Marriage is one man and one woman, and I believe that’s the way it’s been in the history of mankind up until the last 15 years,†he said.
The two Democrats on the subcommittee opposed the resolution.
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