First Lady Laura Bush has suggested that pushing for a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages should not be part of the election campaign this year, as some of her husband's advisers are said to be planning. Good for her.
Here's the transcript of her interview on Fox News.
The issue of same-sex marriages is clearly divisive. Even worse is the notion of using the Constitution as a vehicle for restricting the behavior of citizens and residents. Throughout its glorious history, The Constitution has been entirely dedicated to putting limits on government, not on the people of this country. The one exception was Prohibition. That worked so well it took another amendment to wipe it off the books.
The issue of defining marriage is best left to the states, and they ought to tread very lightly.
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