President Bush backed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Tuesday, saying he wants to stop activist judges from changing the definition of the "most enduring human institution."Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural and moral roots, Bush said, urging Congress to approve such an amendment.
As far as I'm concerned, Bush has just put himself firmly in the camp of the bigoted. Being against same-sex marriage today is no different from being against interracial marriage or school integration forty years ago. Both stances betray the kind of fear and prejudice we should all be ashamed of.
And don't even get me started on that "activist judges" crap. If it wasn't for "activist judges," lil' dub-dub would be back on his dude ranch in Texas where he belongs. When conservatives carp about "activist judges," they only mean "judges who have the gall to disagree with us."
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to send some flowers to San Francisco.
Posted by Jason at February 24, 2004 11:24 AM