AmericanPapist Comments
That 2-3's requirement is significant. The proposal did not simply "lose" it got creamed.
Interesting vote in the Yea column is the ancient Robert Byrd a Democrat from West Virginia.
Interesting vote in the Nay column: Presidential hopeful John McCain...the support of the Religious Right might have just gone down the drain for Mr. McCain.
Mr. McCain's two step after the vote, that it ought to be a states rights issue, underscores the fact that he's not been paying attention to the fact that Federal courts have been overturning states laws and amendments that ought to be protected under the tenth amendment.
Conversely, for the separation fo church and state zealots, given that marriage is a sacrament, other than preventing consanguinuity, what business does any governemntal arm have directing how that sacrament be celebrated? I guess the Congress shall pass no laws respecting the establishment of religion now exempts an anti-Christian activist judiciary from enacting law by fiat and their own judgement. Oy vey!
Byrd is interesting. I had heard that only Ben Nelson out of all the Democrats was going to vote for it. Then again, Byrd also is facing a tough re-election fight this year in a state Bush carried 56-43.
Also, Byrd was one of only four Democrats to vote for Sam Alito. The only Republican to vote against him was almost absolutely useless Lincoln Chafee.
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