I guess the "silence" was too good to be true...

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Republicans in California are remaining largely silent on last week's ruling overturning Proposition 8. But a band of conservative House members didn't waste a minute in their day back in Washington, highlighting their opposition to gay marriage.

Reps. Lamar Smith of Texas, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Steve King of Iowa and John Fleming of Louisiana told reporters on Tuesday that the California federal judge who overturned Prop. 8 acted against the will of voters in striking down the state's ban on gay marriage.

"Legalizing an alternative form of marriage dilutes a long-standing and widely accepted standard of marriage as a union between a man and woman. We should adhere to such standards rather than undertake a massive social experiment with perhaps unknown consequences," said Smith, who is introducing a resolution condemning the ruling.

Bachmann said the ruling tramples on the will of the people who voted to enact the ban.

"This is yet one more example of a judge substituting his moral pronouncement under the guise of constitutional law, and I think that's what people are upset about," she said.

The Family Research Council lauded Smith for his resolution in a press release Tuesday, thanking him for "introducing this resolution that counters Judge Walker's notion that a child doesn't deserve a mother and a father."

The measure, which restricts marriage between a man and a woman, passed 52 percent to 48 percent in November 2008. A Field Poll released three weeks before the ruling showed Californians in favor of same-sex marriage 51 percent to 42 percent.

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