President Says He’ll Support Traditional Marriage Amendment
One word... MORON!
I honestly don't know why this president doesn't just scrap the Constitution of the United States. When anything else gets in his way, he simply ignores it anyway.
WASHINGTON — President Bush is taking a stand on a constitutional amendment to limit marriage to one man and one woman. And the President's support may help pass a Federal Marriage Amendment when Congress comes back into session early next year.
Last month, the Massachusetts Supreme Court struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage. Now, President Bush has handed down his own verdict on the issue, saying that he would support a constitutional amendment to ban homosexuals from marriage and protect its federal definition. (story)
I think it's time that we just came out and said in the open that the Republican Party has become worthless and devoid of any value. The "compassionate conservative" doesn't know the first thing about being compassionate or accepting. The same can be said for his party. It didn't used to be this way. The Republican Party would at least listen and were reasonable. Today, they are owned by the Religious Right and if you don't believe that, just listen to this president, with all of his "faith-based" initiatives.
GOD and people's religious values have no place in government or the setting of government policy. The line separating church and state are becoming smaller and smaller.
This amendment will fail.
If it becomes part of the Constitution, it will eventually be defeated and removed from the Constitution because it goes contrary to the purpose of the Constitution. This will be an amendment to deny a certain segment of the population equal rights. That is a black eye to that great document. In the end, it will be removed and the efforts to create two different classes of citizens will have failed.
If the states fail to ratify the amendment (if it makes it that far), this President, along with all the Republicans who supported and voted for this amendment's passage, will be shown to be the homophobic bigots that they are. Again, the amendment will fail.
I say, let them go down this path. It will lead them to a place that they don't want to be.
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I think you are right about Bush not having a clue on many social issues. That's scary, because (like Reagan) he's basically a puppet.
On the gay marriage ruling in Massachusetts, I worry a bit about the narrow win that we had with the judges there. If they rule that "civil unions" are ok, it will be a huge set back for us. On the other hand, civil unions are clearly not equal to marriage. My understanding is that the civil union arrangement proposed to the court specifically does not give 100% of the rights of marriage, but I was unable to find what it didn't give.
Let's keep our fingers crossed!
I think Bush is only saying what he's told by his advisers is the best thing for him to say polically.
On the one hand, "they" try to be inclusive, "big tent", and appeal to swing voters, on the other hand they need to keep their base pumped up.
I have this feeling that Bush is not even a religious man, but pretending to be a born again was a winning strategy.
Bottom line, the president has no power when it comes to constitutional amendments.
What worries me more is whether the Mass. Supreme Court would allow Civil Unions instead of Marriage. The more I read, the more I don't think it is a sure thing.
Dan