[Vision2020] Gay amendment

[Sunil Ramalingam]

But for a lot of voters, it IS an issue.

I think that you are correct that it won't pass in the Senate.  I think it 
may pass in the House, or at least the vote will be closer.

But this isn't an attempt to actually pass the legislation.  It's purely a 
political move, and will be used as an issue in the November election.  It 
will help distract from the war in Iraq, the possible (probable?) bombing of 
Iran, our deficit problems, etc.

Sunil


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>To: "'James Reynolds'" <chapandmaize at hotmail.com>, <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Gay amendment
>Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:33:22 -0700
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>In my opinion, same-sex marriage is a non-issue.  I believe that the 
>primary
>(if not the ONLY) reason this issue is brought up is King George's attempt
>to unify his conservative base behind a common cause before the November
>elections.  This is what people do when their popularity drops below 30%.
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>There are two reasons why I consider this to be a non-issue.
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>1)  A "Marriage Amendment" is extremely unlikely to pass in the US Senate.
>Given recent developments, it is also not likely to make any high marks in
>the House, either.
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>2)  King George is hoping for a strongly partisan debate on this issue.
>This would serve to galvanize his base as he prances around the country
>making exaggerated claims that the Democratic Party is pushing for special
>privileges for those heinous homosexuals whose sole agenda is to 
>deteriorate
>American family values, when all the Dems are pushing for is NOT special
>privileges, but EQUAL RIGHTS.
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>Thoughts?
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>Tom "straight but not narrow" Hansen
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>Moscow, Idaho
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>"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in
>that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their 
>humanity,
>their dignity and personhood,"
>
>- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998)
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