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up-or-down vote on the existing amendment
language and not allow any alterations.
GOP leaders rejected that offer. They
wanted to vote on the amendment and, if that
failed, as was anticipated, to be able to offer
just the first sentence of the amendment—
defining marriage as between a man and a
woman—in a second vote. The Democrats
returned to their filibuster strategy.
No form of the amendment was voted on
in the Judiciary Committee, where it likely
would have failed. It was brought to the floor
through extraordinary parliamentary rules.
“1 think it is outrageous and frankly surreal Dick and Lynne Cheney agree that marriage
that at the 11th hour in this debate, they are should be a states’ rights Issue
literally rewriting the Constitution on the
upon our country by a few activist judges and
hack of a napkin,” Jacques said.
Guerriero added, “It is irresponsible and local officials who have taken it on themselves
reckless to demand a vote on a constitutional to change the meaning of marriage. If courts cre
amendment that was proposed less than 24 ate their own arbitrary definition of marriage as
hours ago.”
a mere legal contract and cut marriage off from
its cultural, religious and natural roots, then the
meaning of marriage is lost and the institution is
Kerry and Edwards
weakened.”
X | *e are casting this, as are our enemies,
The previous day, campaigning by bus in
V that this is absolutely a vote on the Pennsylvania, Bush declined to get pulled into
amendment, this is not a procedural vote, this is the argument of some religious conservatives
a substantive vote,” Jacques said in a July 6 tele that homosexuality is a sin. He said: “What they
phone news conference. “It isn’t just about nar do in the privacy of their house, consenting
rowly defeating this measure, it’s about winning adults should be able to do. This is America. It’s
soundly, sending a clear message to the House a free society. But it doesn’t mean we have to
and to the states [considering state constitution redefine traditional marriage.”
al amendments] that discrimination is wrong.”
As governor, he strongly defended the Texas
When asked whether U.S. Sen. John Kerry, same-sex stxJomy law that the U.S. Supreme
D-Mass., the presidential candidate HRC has Court struck down as unconstitutional in 2003.
endorsed, will be present to vote on this measure,
Vice President Dick Cheney’s wife, Lynne,
Jacques strongly asserted, “He will be there.”
offered a different take on the amendment dur
The Hill, in its issue the day before the sched ing a July 11 appearance on CNN’s Late Edition.
uled vote, said Kerry and his running mate, U.S. She urged that a way be found to “keep the
Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., would return to authority of the states intact” with regard to
vote on the measure. “Ducking the vote would marriage laws. The Cheneys’ daughter Mary is
have opened Kerry and Edwards to charges of in a long-standing relationship with another
political timidity from within their own party,” woman.
CNN played a video clip of the vice presi
the newspaper reported.
However, later in the day, campaign spokes dent during the 2000 campaign in which he said
woman Stephanie Cutter said the pair would not that states may decide to handle same-sex rela
participate in the debate or vote on the amend tionships in different ways and that that was fine
ment. Kerry would be in Boston preparing for the with him. Log Cabin Republicans have been
Democratic National Convention; Edwards using that clip in a commercial to build opposi
tion to the amendment.
would be starting his first solo campaign swing.
Both Democrats have said they support tra
Mrs. Cheney said: “I thought the formula
ditional marriage but oppose amending the tion he used in 2000 was very good.. .first of all,
Constitution. They were the only two senators to be clear that people should be free to enter
into their relationships that they choose, and
who did not vote on the amendment.
secondly, to recognize what’s historically been
the situation—that when it comes to conferring
Bush Offensive
legal status on relationships, that is a matter left
f } resident Bush pushed the amendment in his to the states. ” j n
I weekly radio address to the nation July 10.
He began by asserting the social conservative B o b R o e h r is a free-lance reporter based m
contention that “this difficult debate was forced Washington, D .C .
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