the senate voted 48 to 50 in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage today. although this is good news in the short-term, in the long-term it brings to question a couple of things.
1. why is it that it took rachael's blog to bring this very important impending vote to my attention in the first place? true, i don't read the newspaper every day cover to cover, but c'mon i watch the news every morning! why wasn't this a bigger deal? jesus some dead tiger (poor bobo) got more news play!
2. why was this vote even this close? it was 12 votes short of a 2/3 majority, so that's somewhat comforting, but c'mon people. that's still too close.
3. finally, why are valuable tax $ being wasted on making an amendment to the constitution that would ban people from getting married? what has happened to our country that makes it ok to do this?
as someone now ensconced in a traditional marriage, i cannot understand how having ted and fred (or gladys and alice) saying "i do" in any way threatens my marriage or my future family. can anyone explain this to me? anyone? bueller?
ok i'm done.
thanks rachael for keeping me in the loop.
oh and HAPPY BASTILLE DAY!!!!!!!! let's have cake!
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