Maybe I just don't get it....
So this week, the United States Senate is going to vote on a proposed Marriage Protection Amendment. First, this will fail. It is a Constitutional Amendment.....it requires 67 votes in the Senate. Then it needs to get 290 votes in the House. THEN it needs to be radified by 38 states. Since NONE of this is going to happen, this is a HUGE waste of time.
The bright side is this. While they are focused on this issue, they are too busy to screw up anything else.
My problem is this. It is completely reactionary. The reason we are given for the move toward an amendment is this......because of judges who legislate from the bench. Really?
If this is the case, I have an idea for you. HOW ABOUT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM WITH THE JUDGES THEMSELVES?????? Sorry, that would make too much sense.
The founding fathers of the greatest nation in the history of this planet did a great and AMAZING thing when they created our Constitution with its limited Federal Government. They did another brilliant thing with the creation of the separation of powers within that Constitution.
Today, we have a branch of that government exceeding its power. Members of the Judiciary Branch are acting outside the law. The solution? Ignore the problem and do an end run around them. This is a case of Mom said no, so I will ask Dad. In this example, Mom is the Federal judge, and Dad is the Congress.
And President Bush is focusing his attention on this issue!!!! I'm sorry Mr. President, but there are TONS of issues that deserve a LOT more attention than this stupid and ill-conceived proposed Constitutional Amendment that EVEN YOU KNOW will fail. Last I checked, we have an on-going war on terror, a border security issue, gas prices are high, and the American people are overtaxed. So, lets do the "Rope-A-Dope" on the American people and tell us that Gay Marriage will destroy the framework of our society as we know it.
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!
Now, let me be clear on this. I am not in favor of Gay Marriage. It just SIMPLY is not that DAMNED IMPORTANT. Border security is an issue that needs to be addressed. The War on Terror needs to be supported. And the American People need to be convinced of that. Too many have forgotten why we fight. Why? Because the idiots in Washington are doing the "Rope-A-Dope" to make us think that Gay Marriage is important. Again, it simply isn't.
So, when things don't go your way, let us push to amend the Constitution. Bad idea and here is why. Thanks to Carry Nation and her group of zealots I have a great example to give. It is the EIGHTEENTH Amendment. That temperance movement is the reason for the rise of the criminal underground. You know, the Mafia. Al Capone? Now without her efforts, we probably would not have the HBO TV series "The Sopranos" either. But, back on topic. Prohibition was REACTIONARY!! A group of zealots got support from a large enough portion of the public to push their short sighted cause. They were wrong. Prohibition failed. For more proof, see the Twenty First Amendment.
So, am I saying that that banning Gay Marriage with a Constitional Amendment will lead to the growth of a criminal underground to conduct the illegal weddings of gay/lesbian couples? No, but I can see the Rainbow Chapel Speak Easy establishments popping up all around the country. I have an idea. Vito Spatofore from "The Sopranos" can run them!! Johnny Cake can cater the events!
How about this for a Constitutional Amendment? All motor vehicle drivers are required to use their turn signals!!
If we got that one through, the roads would be EMPTY. Pollution would decrease. Maybe THAT is a GOOD IDEA!!!
As Peter LaFleur in "Dodgeball" would ask....."Is all this really necessary?" But the fine folks we have put in Washington will do it anyway, "because they like the taste."
