Whether the government will acknowledge Man & Man/Women & Women unions as legitimate marriages SHOULD NOT be a state issue. This is a federal matter if ever there was one. Personally, I have always thought the idea of augmenting the US Constitution to limit the"rights" of its citizenry as repugnant, however this is a very different matter. If the US Constitutuion can be used to outlaw slavery, then it can be used to outlaw Homosexual marriage, both unnatural and socially malignant institutions. Homosexuality is, like it or not, seen as morally acceptable by a large number of Americans. It is an unfortunate truth, IMAO, that the Federal government must now legislate morality because our religious & social institutions were too weak to do so.
Indeed. "Gay Marriage" opens up the door to "legitimize" all sorts of of depravity, accelerating the downslide of a very slippery slope.
two134711 wrote:
"Homosexuality is, like it or not, seen as morally acceptable by a large number of Americans. It is an unfortunate truth, IMAO, that the Federal government must now legislate morality because our religious & social institutions were too weak to do so."
You have stated exactly why it would be a waste of time for President Bush to put all his energy into passing a constitutional amendment that would prevent gay marriage nationally. It would ensure that all gay sex would be extramarital, but would do nothing to legislate morality. As you point out, a large number of Americans do not worry about other adults' sex lives anymore. Only religious and social institutions CAN effectively control private behavior in this climate.
There are more urgent matters on which Republicans can achieve a consensus, and legislation will actually achieve its end.
Agreed.