So how'd that Constitutional amendment work out anyway?
As predicted, last week's 49 to 48 vote in the Senate left it about a
mile shy of the 60 votes required to move the process forward.
So after a couple of days of shameless bigotry to rile up the GOP
base, we're back to square one.
Or are we?
As Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said, "Clearly as time goes on there will be
more votes in favor of this. We make a little headway each time this
is debated."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060607/pl_nm/rights_gays_congress_dc_7
A little headway indeed.
Last time the Senate voted on this pressing issue in 2004 (hey, wasn't
that an election year too?) it got 48 votes.
This year it got 49.
So let's see, if they do this every two years and it gets an extra
vote every time, then Republicans should finally be able to put those
uppity gays in their place by, oh, 2030 or so.
In their dreams, anyway.
From Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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