Dubya: After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization. Their action has created confusion on an issue that requires clarity. Homosexuality is apparently the most confusing, heretical thing to happen to marriage since miscegnation. Our government should respect every person and protect the institution of marriage. There is no contradiction between these responsibilities. We should also conduct this difficult debate in a matter worthy of our country, without bitterness or anger. In all that lies ahead, let us match strong convictions with kindness and good will and decency. In other words, just because gay people need separate institutions doesn't mean we don't respect them as equals. Anger? Bitterness? You better count on it. And the Times falls into the trap FAIR identified last week by reporting that Musgrave's ammendment would not "enact a federal ban on civil union or domestic partnership laws." Halvai it should be that way. I don't think Rove expects to see this passed in this term - it strikes me more as a desperate move to throw something to the base to make up for faux-moderate proposals like the crypto-bracero program that Bush also doesn't plan to see passed. Doesn't make Bush's latest offense any less disgusting though.
2/24/2004
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