WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing a defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hope to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election Day.
Supporters knew they wouldn’t achieve the two-thirds vote needed to approve a constitutional amendment, but they had predicted a majority of votes. Instead, they fell one short, 49-48.
That was one vote more than they got last time the Senate voted on the matter, in 2004. Later that year, Republicans gained four seats in the Senate.
“We were hoping to get over 50 percent, but that didn’t happen today,” said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., one of the amendment’s supporters. “Eventually, Congress is going to have to catch up to the wisdom of the American people or the American people will change Congress for the better.”
“We’re not going to stop until marriage between a man and a woman is protected,” said Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.
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WARNING: RANT ALERT!!
Am I missing something here? Does giving same sex couples the right to legally marry also prohibit "mixed sex" couples from marrying?
I am not sure how allowing two people to legalize their loving relationship and commitment to one another has ANY impact on
my relationship with my husband
In fact, doesn't the fact that they
want to marry in some way
validate the commitment we have made?
I
can understand not
requiring houses of worship from conducting ceremonies which are incompatible with their teachings, but why do we keep trying to impose religious views on a non-religous government?
Perhaps the Muslim- Americans and the Jewish-Americans should try and impose a nationwide ban on pork products.
I cannot understand why an adminstration with so little concern as to the state of the economy, global warming, social security, health care, pollution, hunger is so damn interested in what is going on in the beds of its citizens!!!!
End of rant
