The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

Yesterday, Senator Brownback held the first hearing in a series dedicated to pushing the Federal Marriage Amendment. Brownback argues that the state constitutional amendments are in danger of being overturned by the evil, Jesus hating, cat sacrificing, blood drinking, pagan judges that make up the federal court system.

There was staunch opposition to Brownback’s Pro-Bigotry amendment. Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese noted:

If Sen. Brownback were really concerned about families, today’s hearing would focus on families who have lost health care and domestic violence protections because of these measures. This hearing is an attack on same-sex couples and is further evidence that the far right is controlling the Senate, and keeping our leaders from focusing on issues that strengthen the whole country.

As a Human Rights Campaign press release explains, the main problems stem from rights and protections being taken away from same sex couples:

The report highlights four states that enacted constitutional amendments last year — Missouri, Utah, Ohio and Michigan — where governmental entities and/or individuals have interpreted the constitutional amendments to:

-Deny domestic partner benefits, such as health insurance, to unmarried couples — same and different sex.
-Argue that domestic violence laws do not apply to opposite-sex unmarried couples.
-Attempts to void a custody agreement between a same-sex couple.

I think an excellent question for Senator Brownback would be, “Why are you encouraging domestic violence by weakening the laws protecting women and children?” Clearly, Senator Brownback couldn’t care less about the well being of many of his constituents. These hearings exist solely to fuel the flame of hatred held high by the radical evangelicals. Thankfully, the more Brownback shows himself to be against domestic violence protections, the more ammunition he gives the democrats should he run for president. The ad campaign would be deliciously savage.