Our national security faces a new threat, now that the Federal Marriage Amendment has been voted down:
“I would argue that the future of our country hangs in the balance because the future of marriage hangs in the balance,” said Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. “…..Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”
So we had four days over this, for what?
In the end, Frist and White House strategist Karl Rove couldn’t decide whether they really wanted to pass the measure or merely have a vote they could campaign on. The result is that they got neither.
Rather than seek an up-or-down vote on a toughly worded version of the amendment, Frist and his allies (led by Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania) allowed discussion of a second, milder one. But since that one (which would leave latitude to the states) might actually pass, Democrats opted to mount a filibuster. As a result, the central (and only) vote turned out to be on a motion to shut off debate�a harder vote to use in an attack TV ad.
But I’m sure Congress didn’t have much other business to take care of, so this was worth it.
Score another one for the terrorists liberal Democrats. Thanks to the media hype and our nation’s political leaders, we now live in an environment where everything is referred to in terms of terrorism.
Via SayUncle.