Bush courts conservatives with support of marriage amendment
Submitted on June 5, 2006 - 12:00am.
Austin B. Bogues - Hampton Short Course 2006
WASHINGTON - President Bush spoke out again Monday on behalf of the Federal Marriage Amendment to a group of clergy and members of conservative lobbying groups.
The amendment would ban gay marriage in all states. A debate on the amendment began in the Senate Monday. A vote is likely this week.
“This national question requires a national solution,” Bush said. “An amendment to the Constitution is necessary because activist courts have left our nation with no other choice. When judges insist on imposing their arbitrary will on the people, the only alternative left to the people is an amendment to the Constitution, the only law a court cannot overturn.”
The amendment would ban gay marriage in all states. A debate on the amendment began in the Senate Monday. A vote is likely this week.
“This national question requires a national solution,” Bush said. “An amendment to the Constitution is necessary because activist courts have left our nation with no other choice. When judges insist on imposing their arbitrary will on the people, the only alternative left to the people is an amendment to the Constitution, the only law a court cannot overturn.”
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