Activist: Sorry, Mrs. Bush -- Protecting Marriage Is a Campaign Issue

[kweerwolf]

The president of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of Pennsylvania) says federal and state amendments protecting traditional marriage should be a campaign issue, regardless of what First Lady Laura Bush says.

Last week on "Fox News Sunday," Mrs. Bush commented that although Americans do want to debate marriage amendments, the issue should be addressed with "a lot of sensitivity" and should not be used as a campaign tool. However, AFA of Pennsylvania president Diane Gramley feels the suggestion from the First Lady is not sound campaign advice -- especially for pro-family candidates.

Gramley feels it is tragic that Mrs. Bush does not see the importance of making the marriage amendment a campaign issue. Marriage is of essential significance to America's citizens, the Pennsylvania pro-family leader says, "because it is the foundation of the nation and of any society -- and that is one of the main issues that got the values voters out in 2004."

But now, the family values advocate asserts, many Christians who voted for President George W. Bush and other conservative candidates in the last elections are still waiting for confirmation that their marriage protection concerns are being addressed by the people they helped to put in office. Although a number of states have passed marriage protection measures, many conservatives feel the Bush administration has been sending mixed signals about its support for a proposed federal Marriage Protection Amendment.

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/afa/172006c.asp

Fundie Whack-Jobs vs. Laura Bush Smackdown ... Round 1!

[xchrom]

1. no versus involved.

laura ''tapeworm'' bush was merely trying to appear sensitive and intelligent.

diane ''tapeworm'' gramley is vicious in that way that uneducated people of limited intelligence can be -- and is letting it show.

[TechBear_Seattle]

2. Wow! I agree with the American Fascist Association on this one

Federal and state amendments attempting to enshrine religious bigotry into the highest laws of the land should be campaign issues, as these amendment serve so well in highlighting the unreasoning bigotry and outright disregard for human rights that is the hallmark of the neo-conservatives and their religious masters.