From Yahoo news.

[valarltd]

No, it's not the articles that jkb and charlesks have picked up. This is from the one on the Senate fight over the Marriage Amendment.

"I think this is a long battle, and this is the first step," Santorum said. "I knew that when we began to get this ball rolling down the hill it would begin to pick up some steam."

I think some words from Merle Haggard--a great and patriotic American--are appropriate here:
"Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed for Hell."


As for the rest:
I'll be under the quilt in the back of the closet. Come fetch me on the First Tuesday after the Fiorst Monday of November.

Comments

[kc-anathema.livejournal.com]

I've said all along that there's no way an amendment will be passed. It's just a political game and the democrats are playing their part like kids being led along by the hand. What I love is the threat to "out" Republicans, forget about respecting their privacy. It's just dirty politics and they're all sloshing through the mud right now. :) KC

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I have no respect for gay staffers who help create anti-gay legislation.
They deserve outing and they deserve to be castigated as the hypocrites and traitors they are. What they do is akin to Margaret Sanger enlisting the aid of the black churches to encourage abortion and sterilization among the poor black community.

The problem is, there are people on both sides of the aisle who think amending the Constitution is far too radical a step. And the Religious Right is going to make political hay with all of them come November. The Dems will be portrayed as wanting to destroy the family, and the Republicans will be portrayed as turncoat Dems. When in fact, they're being far more conservative than those libeling them.

[kc-anathema.livejournal.com]

I agree any hypocrites should be outed, but no votes have been cast yet and I'd hate to see a homosexual Republican who votes against the bill outed simply because s/he's Republican. I look forward to seeing the vote record afterwards, and seeing exactly who in what party voted which way.

I don't think being wary of amending the constitution is a bad thing. I definitely don't want it to become easy, it's too important to change on a whim (and I'd definitely count the FMA as a whim). And I doubt the Rep's will try to crush the dissenters. I think they'll just do a "well, we tried" sort of thing and not mention the ones who voted against it. I've rarely seen Republicans call anyone a turncoat, not even Gray Davis. :) KC