The Nation | Blog | The Daily Outrage | Outrageous Outtakes | Ari Berman: "As Congressional Republicans obsessed over Terry Schiavo, Rep. Dan Lungren of California quietly reintroduced a constitutional amendment banning gay-marriage. The disastrous effects of this proposal are already apparent in states that have the ban--like Ohio, where a judge recently ruled that unmarried people cannot file domestic violence charges. The public defender for a man accused of slapping and pushing his girlfriend over a pack of cigarettes successfully argued that prosecuting his client would 'create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried people.' Let's call it the Jerry Springer exemption."

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