Christian conservative American Family
Association (AFA) is calling on the House to impeach Attorney General
Eric Holder for recognizing the legal marriages of gay and lesbian
couples.
Holder on Saturday announced that the
Justice Department will treat the marriages of gay couples –
regardless of where they live – equal to those of their straight
counterparts.
(Related: Eric
Holder: Justice to treat marriages of gay couples equally.)
The
Colorado-based group said that Holder “has again overstepped
the boundaries of the law when he arbitrarily ordered that homosexual
couples will now receive government benefits reserved only for
natural marriage status.”
“Taking a nod from the playbook of
his boss, President Barack Obama, Holder wielded his own pen and
paper, trampling on states' rights and disenfranchising voters in
states defining marriage as only between one man and one woman.”
“It is time for Eric Holder to go!”
“Urge your representative to press
for the impeachment of Attorney General Eric Holder for high crimes
and misdemeanors,” the group added.
Of course, all Holder is doing is
treating legally married couples as legally married.