Bush [finally] proposes constitutional admendment

This morning, President Bush announced that he will pursue a constitutional admendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman. Is it too late? When we have to fight over the definition of a term that has remained constant for thousands of years, the country is in trouble. That said, even though I support this definition of marriage, I don't think that this is a good idea.

A constitutional admendment is to be reserved for matters of the highest civil importance. Marriage is important in the the societal and religious spheres, but it is not important civilly. Once again, the only solution to the problem is to abandon all governmental influence on marriage. The government, with Britney Spears-esque idiocies and common-law marriages, has debased and devalued marriage to an incredibly low point. Get it out before marriage hits rock-bottom.

Oh yeah... here's a link to the full text of the President's speech.