Wednesday, January 19, 2005

The Honeymoon's Over on Gay Marriage

Social conservatives are taking the President to task for backing off on his Gay Marriage Amendment promise. The President vowed to make an amendment banning gay marriage a priority during the campaign. Now that the election's over, he's broken his vows.

Prominent conservative groups such as the Family Research Council and Focus on the Family launched a phone campaign to the White House on Tuesday, flooding the switchboards with calls from angry rank-and-file conservatives.

The President on Friday said Senators had made it clear to him the amendment had no chance of passing unless the courts strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, which pretty much does the same thing as the amendment would. (WashPost)

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