Utah Lawmaker Seeks a National Marriage Amendment:

Utah already refuses to recognize same-sex marriages and prohibits homosexual couples from adopting children. But state leaders' efforts to curb gay rights might not stop there. Rep. Tom Hatch, R-Panguitch, has asked legislative attorneys to draft a resolution calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage. Hatch's resolution would back federal legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, and more than a dozen other members of Congress this year to amend the Constitution.    The so-called Marriage Amendment states: "Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups."

Need I remind everyone that only 19% of Americans voted for Republicans in the last election? Why are the nut-jobs suddenly acting like they were given a mandate to bulldoze American lawbooks with extreme agendas which appeal to the very irritable fundamentalist minority? Why are normal people still complacent while this is happening? Let me guess: "Republicans may be ruining the country on the home-front, but wants a Democrat when there's a war on!?" I think we all know, thanks to the likes of Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt, just how shabby the Democrats can be as leaders in wartime. And great heros such as Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon have shown us how the Republicans shine in a crisis...