federal marriage amendment dies on senate floor

Well, the vote was rejected on the Senate floor today, as expected. HRC called it a "stunning, bi-partisan vote of 50-48". I was stunned, actually, to find that it was so close. We won by two votes????

And notice that the numbers don't add up to 100. Two senators did not vote. You know who?

Kerry (D-MA)
Edwards (D-NC)

I have to tell you, that pisses me off. I've watched "The West Wing" enough to know that when a bill doesn't have the votes it needs, you vote along with your party to save face. But this is a news story, too. And this vote tells me that half of the country believes my marriage should be invalidated. Half of the country!

Is that really the case? It's possible, I guess. It's possible that each and every senator was voting the way they thought the majority of people in their state wanted them to vote. I suppose that's possible. But this feels more like politics to me. And Kerry and Edwards just lost a little of my love.

And I'll tell you what pisses me off even more. Why are we even doing this right now? Why is the subject of same-sex marriage even on our viewscreen? We're in the middle of a war!!!!!! And we're occupying another country! Our troops are still dying in foreign countries and terrorism is still blazing across the globe. And the elected representatives of the world's most democratic government are arguing over whether two men or two women should be able to share a home together.

And let's be honest here. It's not even because of the marriage thing. Not even close. It's because George W. Bush wants to win the election in November, and this is part of his campaign strategy.

That is incredibly short-sighted. That is unconscionably selfish. And that is decidedly un-American.

I'm glad the amendment was rejected. But this political crap is really pissing me off.

Posted: Wed - July 14, 2004 at 04:43 PM

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