Gay Marriage Amendment Dies in Senate (Again)
by TChris
The first hot button right wing issue of the political summer -- the proposed amendment to "protect marriage" by prohibiting states from allowing gays to marry -- failed to advance today on a Senate vote of 49-48. Pro-amendment senators who championed the doomed amendment claimed that the issue was worth debating to show "progress" toward its eventual passage. The 2004 vote was 50-48. Not much progress toward bigotry this year.
The Republican Senate is now free to move on to other hot button social issues in its valiant attempt to avoid talking about rising deficits, global warming, chaos in Iraq, inadequate cargo inspection, and the other burning issues of the day that Republicans are incapable of confronting. Speaking of burning, the next non-issue Republicans will raise to distract voters is likely to be a recycled attempt to amend the Constitution to prohibit flag burning. Have you seen much flag burning in the U.S. lately?
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