3 Steps to defeating Marriage Amendment

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 Jeffrey Feldman
June 05, 2006

This week President Bush took time out from his busy schedule to renew his support for Constitionally enforced inequality in America -- a federal amendment banning equal rights [Fun with supporters of the Amendment HERE -- ed.]. Even though most of us believe that The Constitution of the United States should never be used to deny rights, President Bush believes it should.

Here we go again. Apparently, repeating the word "terror" over and over again is not enough to bring up President Bush's polling numbers. So…cracking open his trusty tupperware of hate-n-divide politics, President Bush has once again served up a healthy portion of: gay bashing for votes.

But we know all this. We know the old GOP strategy What we need to know, now, is how to stop this assault on equal rights. What can we say to put this genie back in the bottle once and for all?

Step 1: Talk About The Constitution...

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