
With protesters outside, the United States Senate came appallingly close (49 to 48) to approving a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage today.
While polls across the country show voter dissatisfaction with Congress — folks would rather their elected officials work on national security, health care, rebuilding New Orleans, and/or immigration reform — the suits wasted hours discussing and then voting on adding discrimination to the Constitution.
C-Span wasn’t happy. The gays weren’t happy. President Bush and his henchmen were the only people happy. The mini-brouhaha took attention away from Iraq for a few hours.
Not all Republicans are so obsessed with gay marriage. Vietnam vet and presidential contender John McCain showed surprising independence by voting with the gays.


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