[Vision2020] Gay amendment

[Mark Solomon]

Even more amazing is the R's are bringing this 
issue forward now and not in September. They must 
be panicked by the likely Bush effect on the 
mid-term election. I'm sure we'll have some other 
bring out the conservative base issue pop up 
then, likely abortion or supposed Christian 
persecution related.

Mark

At 6:26 AM -0700 6/6/06, Sunil Ramalingam wrote:
>Amazing how Bush talked about this issue before 
>the last election, then didn't say anything 
>about it until now, as we get ready for mid-term 
>elections.  I don't think there's any interest 
>in discussing issues like the ones you mention, 
>James.  They won't get the political base to the 
>polls.  Christian voters who must have noticed 
>they've gotten only lip service from Bush aren't 
>going to show up over those issues; they may 
>come back if they think he's going to push a gay 
>marriage ban.
>
>Bush needs those votes to keep the House.  We'll 
>see a lot more about this as we head towards 
>November.
>
>Sunil
>
>>From: "James Reynolds" <chapandmaize at hotmail.com>
>>To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>>Subject: [Vision2020] Gay amendment
>>Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 06:18:23 -0700
>>
>>This morning I watched some boneheaded 
>>congressman touting how a constitutional ban 
>>against gay marriage will protect marriage. 
>>Could some of you like thinking visionaries 
>>explain what the mechanism would be for for 
>>this miracle. I fail to see how making a joke 
>>of our constitution would in any way help out 
>>anybodies marriage. A couple of things that 
>>might actually help if the republicans are 
>>interested are affordable housing and living 
>>wages. Economic strife is reported to be one of 
>>the most devastating forces acting against 
>>successful marriage. I have serious doubts that 
>>banning anyone from marriage will help help the 
>>institution.
>>
>>James
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