Bush and The FMA

Ridiculous!

In his weekly radio address this week, Dubya called on Congress to pass an amendment to the constitution defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Very well then. I was actually thinking about marrying my dog but if this bill passes I can't do that.

His intent, outwardly, is to "preserve the sanctity of marriage," whatever that means. Perhaps then, a more appropriate amendment would be to ban divorce. Or, at the very least, make it much harder to obtain a divorce.

Is Dubya really pissed at Cheney? Is he granting rights to his own daughter's and removing them for his vice-president's? The vice president spelled out his position on the subject in August of 2004, "Lynne and I have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family is very familiar with. ... With respect to the question of relationships, my general view is that freedom means freedom for everyone. People ought to be able to free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to." Aside from the poor syntax of his sentence, and that I don't otherwise support Cheney in any way, I agree on this point.

Ok, I have a story here -- it's a third party story, but I know someone, who knows someone who was with Laura Bush on Gore's original debacled election night. Laura and her entourage decided to take a break from the dramatics at the Governor's Mansion here in Austin and go have a drink in the neighborhood somewhere in the vicinity of said Governor's Mansion. Well if you're gay and live in Austin you know where this is headed. The closest bar, dear readers, is two blocks away -- and it's a gay one.

You guessed it. There sat Laura Bush on election night having cocktails with her husband's moral enemies. They were probably dancing around in G-Strings as Tuesdays are usually slow at the bars and strippers help business.

It's a story better told when it's longer, and by those who were a part of the delicious antics -- but I hope Laura didn't form any relationships her husband will ruin with his narrow point of view. The First Lady herself said that the FMA shouldn't be used as a campaign tool," on Fox News on May 14.

Anyway. I'll be honest. As a lesbian, I'm not on a passionate soapbox about marriage. But as a citizen, please don't use me as a scapegoat for things that really matter in our government that haven't been addressed.

And finally: The amendment doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of passing anyway! The proverbial phrase here couldn't be more fitting: It'll take an act of Congress. And that is a really, really, really difficult thing to do. In order to become law, the proposed amendment needs two-thirds support in both the Senate and the House, after which it must be ratified by a minimum of 38 state legislatures. Keep that in mind before your get your gay panties in too much of a wad.

Maybe this will be another letter in the alphabet that spells Dubya's demise.

One can hope, can't she?

Nonetheless, to join me in voicing a need for the government to get back to real business, take action here.

Ok. I've spent enough of my gay time on this.