Thursday, February 05, 2004
The mother of all wedge issues
The Newspaper of Record (not!) is reporting that Herr R0—uh, Bush is going to endorse a marriage amendment.
At least Bush is being forced to start playing vicious early in the game; that's a win for the Dems.
I'm pretty sure I don't want any government defining "sanctity" though—and you'd think any honest, small c-conservative would feel the same.
I wonder what Cheney's lesbian daughter and campaign manager will think of all this? And will Bush dump him from the ticket because "some may feel that Dick Cheney's daughter is one of the Spawn of Satan?"
UPDATE Alert reader Gunther has an interesting idea: Apply The Barney Frank Rule. "Everything is on the table," as it were... "At some point, someone will come to Bush and tell him that they’ve got 5 Senators and two dozen members of congress who are, to put it nicely, “unhappy” with the situation. " Pass the popcorn!
"Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman," he said. "If activist judges insist on re-defining marriage by court order, the only alternative will be the constitutional process. We must do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage."
At least Bush is being forced to start playing vicious early in the game; that's a win for the Dems.
I'm pretty sure I don't want any government defining "sanctity" though—and you'd think any honest, small c-conservative would feel the same.
I wonder what Cheney's lesbian daughter and campaign manager will think of all this? And will Bush dump him from the ticket because "some may feel that Dick Cheney's daughter is one of the Spawn of Satan?"
UPDATE Alert reader Gunther has an interesting idea: Apply The Barney Frank Rule. "Everything is on the table," as it were... "At some point, someone will come to Bush and tell him that they’ve got 5 Senators and two dozen members of congress who are, to put it nicely, “unhappy” with the situation. " Pass the popcorn!
