Senate Stirs Debate on Constitutional Amendment Banning Gay Marriage

[Blackaxe]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate wades into an election-year debate Friday over whether to write into the Constitution that "marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman."

Its strongest proponents say a constitutional amendment is the only way to prevent federal courts from hearing cases that challenge a federal law disallowing same-sex unions. With such an amendment, they say, a court wouldn't be able to rule that gay marriage is legal.

"Some would define this as the ultimate culture battle," said Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas.

Many Democrats say the debate is a political diversion orchestrated for the weeks running up to the presidential nominating conventions.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB9LUEJFWD.html

[Spinzonner]

1. Where are they going to define 'man' and 'woman'

Where do hermaphrodites and transsexuals fit into this scheme ?

Is that genetically male/female or is it anatomically male/female ?

Not to mention all the other variations on a theme.

[Khephra]

2. Looks like I'm going to be watching the Senate all day tomorrow

Sigh...and I thought I was finally going to be able to get out and see F9/11.

[FloridaPat]

3. This does not belong in the Constitution. Period, This is just political

crap by the great crapster in the White House.

[struggle4progress]

4. It's time for more separation of church and state.

Let religious organizations perform "marriages" with spiritual and social, but no legal meaning.

Let states establish "civil unions" with legal meaning, tax implications, etc.

[cornfedyank]

5. The C in C must have been in battle. Seen people die.

There is my amendment. I think that the person that sends our young to kill and die should be required to have seen, heard, smelled, and felt the results. I used to think that this would be too strict a qualification. But I was naive then, believing we would run out of wars.

[Maat]

6. Great, I gotta send positive energy to our Democratic senators.

Hopefully, someone will speak up and out against such an unconscionable thing.

[The Zanti Regent]

7. I wonder how many Gays and Lesbians are Republican Senators?

I wish Michelangelo Signorelli would out them!

[kwolf68]

8. The Last Time

The Republican theocrats waged a culture war it got them 8 years of Bill Clinton.

Keep it rolling Sammy B...push that agenda.