Bush Backs Amendment Banning Gay Marriage [Live Thread 10:45 Statement]

Fox News ^ | 02.24.04

[Dr. Marten]

Bush Backs Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

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[CougarGA7]

I do that as much as I can. Our founding fathers had a very minor roll in mind for the Judicial Branch of our government. That has gone by the wayside due to these judges that view their position of one of ultimate power. It needs to be pointed out and stopped.

[TigersEye]

I have seen no evidence that the majority of Americans support amending the Constitution for this.

I'm sure that's true. There are, however, myriad issues that people support that are bringing about a federal tyranny.

[Peach]

You've moved into the world of the goofy with that last post.

Formed Homeland Security before 9/11? OMG.

You would have been first in line screaming he was spending too much money on an unnecessary department.

ROFLMAO

[cyncooper]

Oh, dear. Did President Bush lose your vote? The one you were never going to grant him anyway?

What a shock.

I guess you missed his speech last night.

Ah, Kerry saying it's not a Federal issue, it's a state issue. He is against gay marriage but supports civil unions.

[Agamemnon]

Congress should use the "Exceptions clause" to remove the jurisdiction of the Court from ruling on the constitutionality of bans.

To borrow a boxing analogy, look at it this way: the Amendment is Bush's "Right Hook," and with a more Republican Congress after the election, Congress by way of DeLay et. al., will take up the exceptions clause as the "Left Uppercut," leaving the wayward judiciary humbled if not "TKO'd" for having over played their hand.

With a weakened and chastised Judiciary bloodied and on the floor watch what else may be in the offing. We might then see the reversals of other judicial "extravagancies" and abuses of power, because the Congress will have shown to the public that the judiciary is not all powerful and all mighty, possessing no check or balance.

Homosexuality destroys everything in its path -- socially and physically. That is why the civil laws existed in the first place. The USSC thought it knew better in Lawrence, but Scalia warned this would happen. Guess we couldn't predict it happening so fast and vindicating his position Let the arrogant judiciary be homosexuality's latest victim.

[TeleStraightShooter]

The Founders gave us a way to stop judicial activism.

I assume you are referring to the Exceptions Clause?

[Forgiven_Sinner]

I agree it is bad to federalize these issues and to enshrine them in the constitution. However, I support the amendment.

The constitutional amendment is necessary because homosexual marriage supporters have changed the definition of marriage in Massachusetts. Until that false court decision, marriage meant a man and woman. The MA supreme court expanded it to include same sex couples. If the damage were confined to MA, I would not want an amendment. But it is likely to spread to other liberal states and eventually will perculate to the Supreme Court.

The amendment restores the original definition to our court system. This change is necessary to preserve the status quo before the bad MA decision.

[ohioWfan]

The President is not being 'reactionary.' He is addressing a situation that has JUST become critical.

He is not a member of Congress. He is the President.

And I agree with what you've already been told by someone else......had he come up with this last May, he would have been seen as a bigot, because the American people didn't have the homosexual agenda glaring in neon lights before them as they do now.

NOW is the time that marriage must be legally, and constitutionally protected. NOT last May.

[GraniteStateConservative]

I think he should have done this eight months ago...

Watch that kind of rhetoric around here!

[PISANO]

Bill Richardson...

I haven't been watching much TV lately due to the Dim Debates and constant Bush bashing. So today for the first time in a month or so I turn on FOX NEWS and BR is bashing the POTUS for something he says he agrees with in "SUBSTANCE". Blaming GW as though HE was the one breaking the law to call this "CRISIS" to a head. And who the heck is that sycophant BLOND on FOX NEWS? Where did they get that left-winger?

Old Fox News isn't what it use to be!!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Oh, man... Li'l Andy Sullivan, Boy Blogger, is gonna have a major hissy over this one... :)

[mel]

I must get that book. Thanks for tip.

[cyncooper]

MSNBC reading a Kerry response that just came over the wires (deserves its own thread when we can get our hands on it)

Attacking patriotism of others (yes, this is in response to this Amendment issue) and trying to divide Americans.

So angry.

[Peach]

Aside from terrorism issues, it's the most important book I've read in years. Opened my eyes to the radical gay agenda.

[Imal]

We have heard all that before. It's a non-starter, IMHO.

How is it a non-starter? Is it somehow invalid to refer to the Constitution and its language when discussing the Constitution?

So far, no one has explained why I am "wrong" to oppose amending the Constitution over this issue.

The collection of insults, misdirections and brush-offs I've been getting don't make a very convincing case.

[Fitzcarraldo]

The gays in this country are very lucky to have the rights and legal protections they have now.

[petercooper]

can you believe kerry says he doesn't know what's been going on in s.f.

[Forgiven_Sinner]

No, abortion is more important--but just barely.

[CA Conservative]

He knew that Musgrave was going to introduce this last May. He could have come out at the same time, had her at the WH for the ceremony, and announced that he was in full support of the language of her amendment and that he'd work to get it approved in the House and Senate as quickly as possible. That's all I'm saying.

And I am saying that the timing was wrong - the issue was not yet ripe. And I have a lot more trust and respect for Bush's sense of political timing than I have for yours. Bush doesn't just want to make a political statement - he actually wants to accomplish something.

[sr4402]

From your mouth to God's ears. May He grant repentance from heaven. May he deliver us from this abomination!