“The Senate will debate legislation that would have the Constitution define marriage as the union between a man and a woman early next month, Majority Leader Bill Frist said on CNN's ‘Late Edition.’”
“President Bush supports the amendment, but Vice President Dick Cheney does not. Cheney's daughter, Mary, is a lesbian and has been speaking out against the marriage amendment as she promotes her new book, 'Now It's My Turn.'"
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“’I basically say, Mr. Vice President, right now marriage is under attack in this country,’ Frist said on CNN. ‘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.’”
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First, Dick Cheney and I agree on something?!? This is certainly grounds for an official day memorializing the event, or at least a moment of quiet contemplation.
Second, Bill Frist and I don’t agree on something. This deserves no special form of recognition, whether by day, contemplation, or other action. This is normal.
Marriage isn’t under attack from homosexuals. Marriage could, however, potentially be under attack from high divorce rates, affairs with the secretary/gardener, and possibly even just longer life spans (thus allowing people to annoy each other for greater periods of time- darn advanced medicine).
I fully support the rights of all those who oppose gay marriage by promising to not force them to marry members of the same sex. Seems fair, eh?
