Posted 2/24/2004 05:35:00 PM by Douglas

Remember when the Republicans used to at least claim that they weren't the big government party that wanted to interfere with people's personal lives? Yeah, me neither. So today Bush "comes out" [pun defiantly intended] today supporting a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.

Bush said "activist judges and local officials" from Massachusetts to San Francisco to New Mexico were attempting to redefine marriage and "change the most fundamental institution of civilization" by allowing same-sex weddings. "On a matter of such importance, the voice of the people must be heard," he said.

Ok, let's say you look around the world we live in and see moral decay in every corner. Is gay marriage really the straw that broke the camel's back? Of all the sources of moral decay, is the country going to be a better place if same-sex couples can't marry?

Or, perhaps, you think anyone that wants to get married should be allowed to. Why would gay people want to get married? If they're spiritually committed to each other, why do they want the "piece of paper" from the state to make it legal? For health benefits?

I can't say that I really care one way or the other, but it's certainly not worth altering the Constitution. If gay couples want to lose half their shit in a divorce while paying more in income tax to Uncle Sam just because they're married, hey, more power to 'em.