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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Domestic Shock and Awe President Bush, today, called for Congress to begin the constitutional admendment process to ban gay marrages. If I were CNN, I would call this the "political power play of the week." Bush is using an issue that puts Kerry, the next president of the United States, in a very precarious position. If he moves against the admendment, he goes against the Defense of Marrage Act signed by Pres. Clinton. Kerry will lose the moderate vote he needs to win the election and more ideological members of the party will vote for Nader or not vote at all in the fall. If Kerry comes out in support of gay marriage, the conservative right will be so incensed that they will pump more money into the Bush Campaign. What we have here is a Mexican standoff. Personally, I don't give a rat's ass about the personal relationships between two grown adults. Why does this even have to be a Constitutional Admendment? The Declaration of Independence states "WE hold these truths self-evident, that ALL MEN are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The Bill of Rights extends these rights to all citizens, no matter what race, creed, religion (or lack therof), or sexual orientation. The Fourteenth Admendment states that "no state shall make or enforce any law which shall...deprive any person life, liberty, or property without due process of law, (or) deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." I find it interesting that Bush leaves the option open for states to allow for civil unions. Bush may call for an admendment to the Constitution, but members of his own party think he may have put a controversial issue on the national stage prematurely.
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