Bush this weekend urged Congress to ban gay marriage by passing a constitutional amendment. Apparently Republicans in the Senate are bringing it up Monday and Bush is expressing his support. I've seen it mentioned in a number of places and on the sunday morning talk shows.
The amazing thing is that this time everyone is calling it a political stunt by the hurting Republicans to strengthen their base. Of course this was a big issue in the 2004 elections though politicians have done nothing about it since. It seems it's just an election year issue. Even Pat Buchanan has doubts. He says in 2004 it was an authentic issue because MA had just allowed it and it was on other ballots. Apparently it will be on 6 state ballots this year: ID, SC, SD, VA, WI, AL.
No one gives this amendment any chance of getting the 2/3 of the votes it needs to pass. I can also say that in MA it doesn't seem to have harmed the fabric of marriage in the slightest. It was legalized in November of 2003, two and half years ago. I haven't heard of any heterosexual marriage destroyed by a nearby gay marriage.
Fiddling while Rome burns.
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