So now we have a civil right to keep others from exercising the same rights. Another beautiful example of the wingnuts subverting the meaning of other peoples' struggles. Watch this one spread, they'll dress MLK in a Klan uniform any one of these days. WTF happened to my country???

I have to say that so far Tony Snow is more entertaining that his predecessor, and I've blocked that guy's name right out of my mind.

I mean if it's all about creating a one male + female household as the most stable platform for the kids? Seems to me lots more het couples with kids get divorced than gay couples have children to begin with.

Perhaps it has something to do with Laura living elsewhere, and Bu$h's hypocracy when it comes to the sanctity of marriage. Investigative reporter (yes, there really is such a thing) Wayne Madsen has started covering this in the past few days: http://www.waynemadsenreport.com

It's not just a Freudian Slip by Condi anymore...

TLC

I wondering if good ole' Tony wowed them in his press secretary job interview by promising to play the fool any day and every day. If so, he is living up to his vow.

Snow -- perfect name for the job.

You've totally got it. If Repubs really want to uphold the institution of marriage, why not mandate jail time for cheating on your spouse? Why not make it extremely difficult to obtain a divorce? Because most of the amendment's supporters don't care to "defend marriage". They want to outlaw that which makes them squeamish. GOP divorce and adultery scandals apparently don't qualify.

Man, we've been through the looking glass so many times with this administration, that I feel like I'm in a house of mirrors all the time. Attempting to pass an amendment that aims to restrict rights rather than guarantee them to all citizens is like passing a civil rights bill!!

Tony Snow comes off as a fool in this exchange. He is the one that makes the connection between the marriage amendment and civil rights and then has to backpedal furiously when pinned on it. Even the most casual viewer can see that it isn't the responsibility of the reporter to define terms when Snow is responsible for the initial comparison.

The official word is apparently that a simple scheduling snafu led to the gathering of the leaders of the Religious Right in the wrong place as Bush waxed adequate about the transcendent virtues of heterosexual marriage.

Baloney.

The theocrats were deliberately kept out of the picture -- literally -- lest anyone get the idea that they were watching Bush, or pulling his strings. Whether they were actually misdirected by the White House, or if they were in on the con from the first, I don't know. Either way, the "simple snafu" explanation is a sham.

What can we expect from the new press secretary? Afterall he came from FOX , really foxy.

Perfect!!!

Not yet a month into his new job and already he's tap dancing. Can't you see him debating with his mirror every morning? "What have I done???"

If he's honest, he won't last long. But then, he did work for Fox.

Oh for those happy days when we had the shifty-eyed little piglet doing the White House double-speak. At least we could admire his style, if not his lack of substance.

Poor Tony just doesn't have McClellan's ability to hose down the press with utter contempt.

I want to start out by say I'm not gay but, I can understand why people on both sides are upset with this issue. I don't agree with the current play on this issue for political gain; and this is what Bush and the right are doing.

Curious, for this moment in time, why don't advocates of gay rights drop this issue and wait to a more favorable administration is in office? I know this issues is highly charged and very emotional but, the current administration always brings this issue up during election time makes gay marriage and abortion wedge issues that cover up what they're really doing ie illegal dealings on the economy, war profiting, control over most media outlets, attaching taxes without Congressional approval and a host of others issues important to the very survival of America.

Gay marriage important to a lot of people and should be discussed in an open forum. This administration isn't only part of the reason why we should, for now, shelve it for when we can apply reason and not political motives come to terms and a mutual benefit for all involved.

There were several "ex-gays" and the organizations that shoved them back into the closet of denial and self-hatred that were planning to attend. Maybe someone in the White House knew that associating with that level of batshit crazy would be a dumb idea.