According to
RAW STORY:
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."
Senator Frist's office did not return a call seeking comment.
I have a suggestion for this asshole Frsit - if you want to save the sanctity of marriage - fine. Let's ban same sex marriage but let us also ban divorces.
Since divorces affect the lives of tens of millions americans, and same sex marriage affects only... duh - gay and lesbian couples that want equal rights, I think that divorces are much more dangerous.
The Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J. Res. 106) states:
'Marriage in the United States shall consist solely of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman.'
If any of you can propose one simple sentence banning divorces that can be added to that amendment it would be great. Then we can start calling all republican senators pushing for our text of the amendment.