What Bush Must Do

[Ben.]

I would see the big advantage of a constitutional amendment asserting that marriage is between a man and a woman as being to reassure the Conservative base and dissuade Roy Moore from taking on the “Nader mantel”… however as to such an amendments effect on the general electorate I doubt it will massively boost Bush’s support, while most voters oppose the idea of gay marriage most see no reason to actively legislate against and are uncomfortable with the idea of doing so… the simple fact is barring same sex couples from getting married (as opposed to civil unions) and introducing a constitutional amendment that would ban it are very different issues…both Edwards and Kerry oppose Gay marriage however both oppose an amendment to ban it under the constitution… any attempt to alter the constitution to ban gay marriage could well backfire and give increased credence to the portrayal of Bush as a radical conservative or alternatively such a move could smack of desperation…