Blowing Smoke at the Electorate

In the continuing battle to distract voters from real issues, the House of (Mis)Representatives has a bill that just passed committee to ban states from recognizing gay marriages. This comes on the heels of the Senates failure to pass a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. This sort of posturing is only meant push the buttons of those who feel that moral(religious) issues are more important than poverty and health care and unnecessary military action. It upsets me that we hear more about this than real problems. I'm tired of all of this smoke being blown.