Exclusive: Senator says Frist will try to bring federal gay marriage ban..

[samhsarah]

Exclusive: Senator says Frist will try to bring federal gay
marriage ban to vote; Eyed for 06 elections: Developing...

From Raw Story. No link to full article yet....Still developing....http://www.rawstory.com/

UPDATE: Republicans will try to bring Federal Marriage Amendment to a vote in 2006

Melissa McEwan

A Republican effort to ban gay marriage nationwide will be returned to the Senate floor in 2006, RAW STORY has learned.

The Marriage Protection Amendment was originally introduced by Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) in 2003, and leveraged as a wedge issue by the GOP during the 2004 election cycle as a way of mobilizing its base to vote against same-sex marriage.

Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO), a co-sponsor of the 2005 joint resolution, has confirmed that Senate Majority leader Bill Frist (R- TN) will attempt to bring the controversial legislation to the floor this year for a full vote.

"Senator Bill Frist has indicated he will try to bring the Marriage Protection Amendment to a full vote again this year," Allard spokeswoman Angela de Rocha told RAW STORY. "Senator Allard believes that a constitutional amendment is the best way to make it crystal clear that marriage is between a man and a woman."

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Republicans_will_try_to_bring_Federal_0127.html

Guns, Gawd, and Gays - The GoOP MO.

[tridim]

1. I'm sure SC Justice Alito will have no problem with it

We need to keep fighting.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

13. What exactly would Alito have to say about it anyway?

How is he relevant here?

[Critters2]

22. That's the problem

If the Repkues get it into the Constitution as an amendment, even SCOTUS can't do anything about it. The good news (apart from my saving a ton of money on my car insurance...)is that the founders made it VERY difficult to amend the Constitution. And a long process. Of course, Prohibition proves it can be done, and for a stupid cause. But it's not gonna happen overnight.

Still, we need to start fighting this.

[punpirate]

2. Oooohhhh, diversion, diversion...

... like no one will notice that Frist the cat-cadaver-lover is trying to evade his role as a shill for his family's company and his stock shenanigans with same. Not.

Indictments soon. Film at 11. :)

[freethought]

38. Yeah, you're correct on that one.

Quick! Get me a wedge issue! Yeah, gay marriage! That's the ticket!.

[DrDan]

3. seems to me the Dems should fight this cat-killer with

a state's-rights argument.

How can the Repugs argue with that??? Aren't they supposed to be states-rights champions?

[Arkansas Granny]

5. By applying logic to a Republican issue, you are being very

unfair to them. They can't deal with it on that level. It puts the brakes on their spin.

[bigjohn16]

8. Do you support a states right to ban gay marriage? nt

[DrDan]

10. I do not think they (the repugs) should be able to

legislate their morality at a federal level

[bigjohn16]

11. But the Republicans at the state level should?

We'd have a very different country if we allowed that.

[BlueManDude]

28. Once Roe is overturned what's to stop them from a ban on all abortions?

They could do that right?

[Sub Atomic]

4. If this happens, I will stop paying taxes to this joke of a government.

Taxation without representation.

If they want to make me a non-entity, then I'll keep my $10K+ a year in taxes.

[Copperred]

12. ....

An organized methodical tax revolt in general would be a good idea.

[hippiegranny]

6. Well how fabulous

he must have received the following email too and thought it was a call to action:

10 Reasons Why Gay Marriage is Wrong

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject
unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.
2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way
that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of
crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a
dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.
4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't
changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry
whites, and divorce is still illegal.
5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage
were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun
marriage would be destroyed.
6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children.
Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed
to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs
more children.
7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight
parents only raise straight children.
8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy
like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire
country. That's why we have only one religion in America.
9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role
model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single
parents to raise children.
10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could
never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to
cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

* Re-post this if you believe love makes a marriage.

[samhsarah]

7. that's great

thanks for posting it.

[Straight Shooter]

9. Ah hahahahahah! Number 7 cracks me up!

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight
parents only raise straight children.

Don't forget that forbidding gay marriage also means that many liberals will not be allowed to marry, as there is no such thing as a gay Republican. Just ask Ken Mehlman. :D

[Ally McLesbian]

15. hmmm...

what about those faggots, like Jeff Gannon and Mann Coulter?

I fully support beheading these scums.

[Straight Shooter]

19. Ugh.

"Faggots"? Where did that come from?

Anyway, Ann Coulter is a banshee, but she's straight. She is quite promiscuous, by her own accounts, though.

"Beheading"? Ugh.

[Ally McLesbian]

31. Well

Jeff Gannon = gay.

Ann Coulter = tranny.

nuff said.

[leQ]

29. fabulous. simply fabulous. (eom)

[Mr_Spock]

34. That's cool

Nice to have a nice left-wing email to spread around :D

[Initech]

14. Guns, God, and gays - the GOP trifecta for winning elections...

Er, it's more like the GOP trifecta for scaring the shit out of the voting base, many of who are too stupid to realize what's going on.

[VegasWolf]

16. Well, our dem "leadership" will probably point to a few ineffective

NO votes like they did with Alito and claim a moral victory. Yeah right! Time for a change! Alito changes everything about my perspective on this group.

[HuffleClaw]

17. ok, fine. now if only the democrats would be smart

and frame this for what it is, a CIVIL RIGHTS issue, we'd be laughing.

[brentspeak]

18. More diversion and division from the GOP

Just in time for the midterm elections.

[Javaman]

20. And how come frist isn't in jail yet for insider trading??

They whip martha in there in a heart beat but drag their asses on frist. Funny how that works.

so according to their bizarro logic, if it's 50k or under you go right to jail, but if it's over, it will take time...

[sarcasmo]

21. Kick and Nom #4, the NAZIS are at it again.

[krkaufman]

23. It's not about getting the law passed...

... they just need a wedge issue to keep the drones in line.

[eppur_se_muova]

24. Nothing could be more important!

Soldiers dying in Iraq for want of armor? We'll get back to you on that.

Elections hijacked by rigged voting machines? Wadarya, some kinda conspiracy theorist?

Our alleged "President"** trashing the Constitution and breaking the law at will? He's just fulfilling his Oath of Office.

Multibillion $$$ octocorps plundering the economy wholesale, while paying less and less in taxes? That's the free market in action.

American jobs being outsourced to Asian sweatshops, while future American workers can't even afford a decent education? Globalization is the future, deal with it.

The basic fabric of society threatened by ... men kissing ?

---> GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD <--

NOT THAT!! LOOKY OVER THERE! It's O'Saddam, uh, Osama! 9/11! Everything's changed! You're witless or against us! Unitary Executive! I don't know either! You're helping the terrorists (assuming they like to watch men kissing)! More cowbell!!

[HockeyMom]

25. MORALITY to them

only applies to SEX. Don't you get it?

[area51]

33. Great post.

I wish I could nominate it for the front page. :toast:

[Jacobin]

26. Gee, it must be 2006....elections

More Gawd, Guns and Gays to bash the dems with amongst the idiot population

[ReadTomPaine]

27. Instant GOP voter turnout tool...

turn out the red staters otherwise disgusted with the Party's shenanigans of late.

[JudyM]

35. That's what it's all about... just like in '04. Foment fear and loathing.

They just ought to be ashamed... unscrupulous power-hunger at the expense of innocents.

[electropop]

30. I hope he does. It'll be his swan song.

The Rethugs are going down, and the gay-bashing will mobilize OUR base.

[CatholicEdHead]

32. This is typical election year politics

I doubt they will get it through on a national level.

They are pushing a state ammendment here in Minnesota to try to influence the Senate and Governor races this fall.

[adriennui]

36. here we go again

the same religious right wingers indulging in nonsense while this country goes down the tubes. this is tres boring.

[leesa]

37. Oh yes, it's such a popular idea. Duh.