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Mormon Senator Asks for Support in Defeating Anti-Gay Amendment “An attempt to write discrimination into the Constitution for the first time in 230 years”
by Matt Christensen May 2006 Mormon Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is asking his supporters to join him in opposing Senator Frist in his attempts to write discrimination against gays and lesbians into the U.S. Constitution. "Each week, Senator Frist and the Republican Leadership make choices about the Senate agenda," wrote Senator Reid in a letter sent to supporters. "They could focus our work on record high gas prices, the war in Iraq, or skyrocketing health care costs." "But there's an ugly truth: it's election season and down-in-the-polls Republicans are turning to their same old playbook—fear and division," wrote Senator Reid. "During the week of June 5th, Bill Frist, in an attempt to appease extreme right wing elements of the Republican Party, has promised that the Senate will vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment and attempt to write discrimination into the Constitution for the first time in 230 years." "Join me in telling Senator Frist, ‘The Senate should be working on real issues — not writing discrimination into the Constitution’ by visiting http://giveemhellharry.com/realissues  ." Senator Reid calls the amendment divisive and unnecessary. "[It] would undermine the Constitution," Reid wrote, "[and] has overwhelmingly failed each time the Senate has voted on it. ... Now, more than ever, it's time to focus on security, solutions for the high cost of healthcare and gas prices." "We need a President and a Congress that doesn't play divisive politics," Reid added. "At a time of war, Republicans should unite the country, not divide and undermine its founding principles." |
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