Knowing that it hasn’t got the slightest chance of passage, I completely ignored the introduction of a marriage protection amendment in the U.S. Senate this week.
Now of course this is old news to all of you, but it only hit me just now that two of the principal sponsors are a far-right Republican who hired prostitutes and another far-right Republican who was arrested for soliciting gay sex in an airport men’s room.
I couldn’t let it pass without posting. What kind of gay blogger would I otherwise be???
IN OTHER MARRIAGE NEWS: The LATimes reports that same-sex unions have boosted California’s June wedding totals — more than two and a half times the usual number of couples were issued a license.
Arizona Friday, “In the final hours of one of the longest state legislative sessions on record, state Senators approved a measure sending a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage to the fall ballot.”
Presbyterians are considering a gay marriage initiative too. Anglicans face a wider split.
Today Gloria Borger said on Chris Matthews that pollsters are wondering if, for the first time in history, young voters will outnumber those over 60. Whether this time or next, beware their wrath! They will take their country back!