Late last week, Congressman Paul Broun proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, the fundamental document that defines what America is all about. Broun’s suggested alteration to the character of America: Stop people from getting married.

Paul Broun’s constitutional amendment is plainly anti-marriage. The amendment raises barriers that will prevent many Americans who want to get married from tying the knot.

Congressman Broun claims that he is defending marriage, but how can he be defending marriage by introducing new rules that make marriage more difficult? By preventing Americans from getting married, Paul Broun’s amendment threatens to make marriage a much less relevant institution in American culture.

I don’t know about Congressman Paul Broun’s home life, but I can report gladly that my marriage does not need to be defended. It’s doing just fine. Even if I did need my marriage to be defended, I don’t see how preventing other people from getting married would help. I would think that single people are more of a threat to other people’s marriages than married people would be.

In addition to Paul Broun, there are 28 other members of the House of Representatives who have signed their names as sponsors of his fuzzy-minded amendment. Search their names to see if your representative in Congress is in this ignoble group.