a blow to bigotry

Supporters lose in gay marriage ban vote
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday rejected a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, dealing an embarrassing defeat to President Bush and Republicans who hoped to use the measure to energize conservative voters on Election Day.
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"We were hoping to get over 50 percent, but that didn't happen today," said Sen. David Vitter, R-La., one of the amendment's supporters. "Eventually, Congress is going to have to catch up to the wisdom of the American people or the American people will change Congress for the better."

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I find the comment by Vitter to be pretty prophetic, considering that a majority of Americans could care less about this nonsense. We can only hope that the public will actually change Congress for the better this fall, by getting rid of the repugs!