It must be an election year, the perfect time to drag out those oldies but goodies which are proven to bring our homophobic, religious friends to the polls. You know what I’m talking about – G-d, guns, gays…and plenty of it.
The President doesn’t always see eye to eye with the Constitution. His wiretapping program certainly smacks the Fourth Amendment upside the head, while his push to expand federal spending for faith-based initiatives makes the First Amendment a little nervous. For someone who loves to rant about his support for strict constructionists, his interpretation of the Supreme Law of the Land is anything but.
Now, it’s the President’s turn to add a little discrimination into the Constitution, an oldie not seen in these parts since 1787 (for a perfect example see the 3/5 Compromise, which essentially said a black person isn’t worth as much as a white one). The President and his paranoid followers sincerely believe that the institution of marriage (like Christmas) is under attack by liberal, activist commies. The old parlor game of blaming the media has been supplanted by hatred for the judiciary, the last check and balance between respect for minorities and unilateral rule.
Not to be outdone, Senator John McCain, recently seen making nice with Jerry Falwell, may have just flushed his Presidential run down the toilet by expressing his opposition to the Amendment. Apparently, the Straight Talk Express got refueled in Moderate Land, where promising presidential candidacies go to die. It was a great run John, but step aside and let Senator George Allen accept his rightful place as the 2008 GOP frontrunner.