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Rove: we'll be pushing for the FMA
Nov. 7th, 2004 04:08 pmWell, this hasn't taken very long, now has it?
November 7, 2004 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will renew a quest in his second term for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage as essential to a "hopeful and decent" society, his top political aide said on Sunday.
Bush's call for a constitutional ban on gay marriages failed last year in Congress, but his position was seen as a key factor motivating Christian conservatives concerned about "moral values" to turn out in large numbers and help supply Bush with a winning margin in last week's election.
"If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal, and the ideal is that marriage ought to be, and should be, a union of a man and a woman," Bush political aide Karl Rove told "Fox News Sunday."
A transcript of the whole interview is here.
And for those of you who are pro-choice, which is most of you, Arlen Specter has alreadybacked off his earlier statements saying that Bush shouldn't nominate judges to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying they'll get a "fair hearing" - and a full Senate vote.
November 7, 2004 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush will renew a quest in his second term for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage as essential to a "hopeful and decent" society, his top political aide said on Sunday.
Bush's call for a constitutional ban on gay marriages failed last year in Congress, but his position was seen as a key factor motivating Christian conservatives concerned about "moral values" to turn out in large numbers and help supply Bush with a winning margin in last week's election.
"If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal, and the ideal is that marriage ought to be, and should be, a union of a man and a woman," Bush political aide Karl Rove told "Fox News Sunday."
A transcript of the whole interview is here.
Edit:
And for those of you who are pro-choice, which is most of you, Arlen Specter has alreadybacked off his earlier statements saying that Bush shouldn't nominate judges to overturn Roe v. Wade, saying they'll get a "fair hearing" - and a full Senate vote.
