Source: Insight On The News
In the battle of the constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, the bill is causing divisions in the Republican party. The biggest and must notable division pits President Bush against his wife, First Lady Laura Bush.
Laura Bush's argument is that the amendment could backfire against the GOP and congressional races, and hamper or close down any constructive debate on the issue.
This may be the first and last time I ever agree on a major issue with a big name Republican. She obviously must be looking at the November elections with concern, and she's right on both accounts.
Too bad though, because people with influence like (R) Senator Bill First won't listen.
The split has been so pronounced that President Bush faces strong opposition within his own administration to a constitutional amendment that would outlaw gay marriage. The split has pitted Mr. Bush against his own wife, first lady Laura Bush.
Mrs. Bush has warned that promoting the amendment could backfire against the GOP in congressional races in November. She has suggested that a constitutional amendment would hamper any constructive debate over gay marriage.
"Well, I don't think it should be used as a campaign tool, obviously," Mrs. Bush said. "But I do think it's something that people in the United States want to debate. And it requires a lot of sensitivity to talk about the issue, a lot of sensitivity."
I have a ton of respect for Laura Bush coming out and making this stand. It must have taken an amazing amount of courage to come out against the flood of gay hate that resides in the GOP.
And Frist's moment to blur the issue and appeal to the extreme far-right of the GOP.
"I basically say, Mr. Vice President, right now marriage is under attack in this country," Mr. Frist said. "And we've seen activist judges overturning state by state law, where state legislatures have passed laws defining marriage between a man and a woman, and that's being overturned by a handful of activist judges around the country. And that is why we need an amendment to come to the floor of the United States Senate to define marriage as that union between one man and one woman."
Even Vice President Dick Cheney and his openly gay daughter, Mary Cheney, are against the amendment.
Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter is a lesbian, also opposes the bill. Administration sources said Mr. Cheney has argued against introducing a constitutional amendment in 2006.
In 2004, Mr. Cheney's daughter, Mary, was said to have nearly quit the Bush-Cheney campaign because of the president's position on gay marriage. Miss Cheney has been touring the talk show circuit and speaking out against the marriage amendment.
"What I can say is look, amending the constitution with this amendment, this piece of legislation, is a bad piece of legislation," Miss Cheney said. "It is writing discrimination into the constitution, and, as I say, it is fundamentally wrong."
Now we just wait and see if pundits like Limbaugh, Savage, and O'Reilly have the balls to attack the First Lady.
Congrats, Mrs. Bush...I may not 100% like you or your party, but I have a huge amount of respect for speaking up and doing the right thing.
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