A sorry State of the Union
Do we even need to ask about how the State of the Union address went over at our place? Some of it made me ill, especially Bush’s so-called defense of the “sanctity of marriage”:
Activist judges, however, have begun redefining marriage by court order, without regard for the will of the people and their elected representatives. On an issue of such great consequence, the people’s voice must be heard. If judges insist on forcing their arbitrary will upon the people, the only alternative left to the people would be the constitutional process. Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.
Oh, please. Does anyone really feel like Bush cares about the “will of the people” on any issue anymore? And the way I see it, if anything in this amendment debate needs defending, it’s the Constitution that needs to be protected against homophobia, not marriage against, what, loving same-sex partners who want the same rights as everyone else? That’s what this is: he can dress it up in terms of “respect” and “dignity and value,” but underneath it all is an entrenched belief that homosexuality is not an equal way of life. Ugh. Come to think of it, has he even ever said the word “gay” or “homosexual” in public?
Links: transcripts of the State of the Union and the Democratic response, and I’m throwing in the HRC website too, ‘cause it always has good info and good vibes that will keep me from going insane thinking about Bush all day.