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July 18, 2006

Another Stupid Amendment Defeated

At least something good has come out of this Congress:

The House on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, ending for another year a congressional debate that supporters of the ban hope will still reverberate in this fall's election.

The 236-187 vote for the proposal to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman was 47 short of the two-thirds majority needed to advance a constitutional amendment. It followed six weeks after the Senate also decisively defeated the amendment, a top priority of social conservatives.


Good to know this is one of the most pressing issues facing the nation these days.

Retards.

Posted by Mr. Bingley at July 18, 2006 03:11 PM

Comments

Retards is right.

Posted by: Ken Summers at July 18, 2006 03:47 PM

It would be the worst thing for all concerned if this pferdkaese passed. (Sorry, channeling the Spider there. It's not a nice slang.) The second the Congress thinks this is something they can define, it becomes something that they can regulate - and then grant or refuse at whim.

One question, from a spinning POV - why does this nitwittery suddenly sail under the banner of "socially conservative"? Conservatives tend to desire freedom from government intrusion, not the reverse.

Posted by: Nightfly at July 18, 2006 04:00 PM

I'm not quite sure what a 'conservative' is anymore, 'Fly.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 18, 2006 05:41 PM

I could be a Conservative!!

Oh, yes I yam, I yam!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at July 18, 2006 06:41 PM

I don't know 'fly - I think a lot of "social conservatives" have been closet nanny staters for a very long time. They just have different goals from the socialist nanny staters on the left.

Posted by: KG at July 19, 2006 12:16 AM

yep, that's true, KG, there certainly are some who want to rein in things a bit too much from the other side, as well.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 19, 2006 07:23 AM

Ayn Rand explained it this way:

"The conservatives reject reason in favor of faith, the liberals, in favor of emotion."

Posted by: Mike Rentner at July 19, 2006 07:38 AM

I could be a Conservative if I WANTED to!!

Oh, yes I yam, I yam!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at July 19, 2006 08:04 AM

I guess that puts sis in the "emotion" category.

Posted by: Ken Summers at July 19, 2006 08:53 AM

I could be a Crabby Pants Mr. Summers if I WANTED to!!

BUT I DON'T!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at July 19, 2006 09:23 AM