Even on a regular Friday, this story may well have been missed, but particularly on Fitzmas Day, when there seemed to be no other news at all, it had no chance of being acknowledged, despite its importance as well as the irony that bad news for the White House is undoubtedly what prompted it. The story? The Federal Marriage Amendment has been resurrected.
I've nothing to add right now. Reacting to bad news by turning it into open season on using a perfectly nice group of people as political scapegoats gives me a headache. The news item she quotes adds,
"This has been and always will be about cynical politics," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese.
"Political games in Washington are common, but when the lives of millions of American families are at state, these hearings are an affront to American values."
I'll let Shakes have the last word.
With the possibility that they may be successful in making this an issue yet again, the Dems need to stop punting; semantic contortions about civil unions versus marriage are both unnecessary and unproductive. It’s time for a firm, simply stated position on the right of equality for all Americans, which should be about the least controversial position one could imagine.
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