Marriage Amendment May Boost Bush But Not Pass:
“This is a common political ploy, reacting to some controversial court decision by supporting a constitutional amendment,” said University of Minnesota communications professor Edward Schiappa. “It will gain support from the religious right but no such amendment is ever going to pass.”
It’s true; there are knee-jerk reactions like this to almost evey controversy in the US. I’d be not one bit surprised if someone introduced an amendment recommending the death penalty for anyone caught exposing a breast on national TV. The lunatic fringe needs something to rally ’round, after all…
While I don’t like the tone it sets, nor do I much care for being used as a political football, I’m strangely optimistic that Congress and the assorted state legislatures will realize that this is just not the sort of thing we put in the Constitution. I think we learned at least THAT much from Prohibition…