Just what are we “protecting?”

By David W. Shelton | June 8, 2006 |

The swords have rattled once again in the US Senate over the “Marriage protection amendment.” In yet another election-year ploy, Republican leaders have pushed an amendment to the US Constitution into debate that would define marriage as “between a man and a woman.”

After three days of sound-byte producing debate on the Senate floor, the final result was a little surprising to conservatives. The measure failed with 48 votes for and 49 votes against. The reason it was a little surprising is simple: conservatives actually lost a vote when they were assured they’d at least have a majority vote. There was little hope of victory for the Republicans on this amendment. But leaders said they “wanted to get people on record” for the upcoming mid-term elections.

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