Sometimes it just doesn't pay to be a republican. I stuck by the Pres when things started getting shakey about the war. I was willing to stick it out because I believe more in the republican ideals (in theory) than the current administration seems to. For a party theoretically based on the idea of self-determination and small federal government, GWB and the rest of the GOP are getting back into the gay marriage issue by pushing for a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriages. I don't want the fed in my life that much. Regardless of what I may think about gay marriages, it should be up to the individual states to decide what LEGAL status they want to apply to marriages. I don't think it's really a question of religious scantioning because that isn't within the domain of any government. Now the White House seems to be trying to hoodwink us by focusing on a morality play instead of the increasing debacle with just about everything else it gets involved in.