Man, the GOP must be in big trouble if they’re bringing this up (via Political Wire) :
The senate Republican leadership is aiming for a mid-July vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage, forcing Democrats to take a stand on the controversial topic just before the party heads to Boston for its presidential nominating convention.
Pardon the clich?, but I say bring it on.
This will be a good test for the senate Leadership, but considering how close this will be to the Dem pep-rally, they shouldn’t have a problem getting everyone (give or take a Zell) on board to oppose this thing. The key to this is that the Democratic party line should be that the Constitution isn’t a rough draft that should be amended to appeal to the whims of the electorate. The last time we tried something like that, it was a complete failure.
The Republicans think they’ll be able to turn this into a “John Kerry loves homos and hates Jesus” issue, but they’re forgetting one little detail : they don’t get to speak at the senate convention. If you thought last week’s Gipperporn was one-sided, wait until the conventions come around and the two major parties get four days of uninterrupted primetime coverage to say whatever the hell they want.
So if the Republicans really wanna go there (another clich?), they better be prepared for the Dems to use their limited bully pulpit to reframe the debate on gay marriage and expose the fact that the GOP’s passion for limited government is eclipsed by their passion for making sure bigotry is enshrined in our government’s most important document.
Of course, the GOP is for limited government, just not at the cost of civilization as we know it. Do you want to “deregulate” child molestation too?
Gay people have been getting married for a few months now and the sky still isn’t falling. Since you seem convinced that gay marriage is a threat, would you care to point out how things are worse now that the relationships of homosexuals are allowed legal recognition? If there’s anything that threatens civilization, it’s people like you who consider consentual relationships on par with child rape.
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Right on Greg! I still haven’t figured out how gay marriage threatens or demeans anyone or any relationship. Two people wanting to legally commit to each other and raise families, adopting children no one else wants. It’s against everything Christians believe in.
i think what charlie meant is they are against limited government except when they see a wedge issue or if there is money to be made by a company they are close to by expansion of government. the sky wouldnt fall if we legalized pot, either, but companies who own and run private prisons would see their stocks take a beating, so, big government it is!
You watch. They’re timing this to happen *after* this year’s Pride Day festivities. That way they’ll have plenty of new footage of drag queens and leathermen to use in their scare tactics, as well as the parade fresh in the minds of the homophobic.