The good and the bad
Don’t get me wrong. I think this announcement is a good thing:
President George W. Bush will not actively seek to ban gay marriage in the United States during his second term in office — a stance certain to anger the social conservatives who helped re-elect him.
In an interview, The Washington Post daily asked Bush if he would aggressively lobby senators during his second term in office to pass an amendment outlawing marriage in all 50 states.
“I do believe it’s necessary,” Bush said. But he went on to imply that pursuing it in the US Senate, which must approve a constitutional amendment by 67 of its 100 votes, would be futile.
The bad part is that this is a case in which Bush caters to a base and then leaves them out to dry. Sure, he’s hiding behind the fact (and it is fact) that the Constitutional amendment would not pass but if he’s unwilling to act based on what his supporters expected, it’s not a good sign. After all, what other support did he get that he might betray?
Update: Nevermind, he didn’t mean it.
