Gay Marriage - a distraction from important matter G W Bush

[wowpow]

BBC News 4th June 2006

"US President George W Bush has called for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages. Mr Bush used his weekly radio address to deliver a plea for the US Senate to formally define marriage as the union of man and woman. He said the measure was needed because "activist courts" left no alternative.
An amendment stands little chance of being passed but analysts say Republicans see the issue as a vote winner in November's mid-term polls.

They say the president is seeking to switch the spotlight onto positive issues for his party in the wake of his slumping popularity - particularly over Iraq.

Mr Bush said: "Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society."

A constitutional amendment will put a decision that is critical to American families and American society in the hands of the American people"
George W Bush

Full article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5044428.stm

[cottmann]

....Mr Bush said: "Ages of experience have taught us that the commitment of a husband and a wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society."....

Presumably, then, he will follow this thought to its logical conclusion and move a constitutional amendment banning divorce, serial monogamy and Britney Spears' style 48-hour marriages?