2006 June 28 | The Right State

Dr. Dobson Explains the Failure of the Senate on Marriage

Dr. James Dobson has recently written a commentary for CNN in which he castigates the Senate and the MSM for failing to pass a Defense of Marriage Amendment to the US Constitution by the required two-thirds majority needed. Dr. Dobson breaks down the issue as between cowardly senators and a left leaning media bent on making this country into their image.

On June 7, the U.S. Senate voted for a second time on an amendment to define marriage in the U.S. Constitution as being exclusively between one man and one woman.

Again this year, the amendment failed to pass by a wide margin, falling 18 votes shy of a required two-thirds majority. The final tally was 49 in favor, 48 opposed.

Rarely has there been a greater disconnect between members of the Senate and the American people who put them in power. With the help of the media, which laid down “cover” by claiming voters didn’t care about marriage, 40 Democrats, one Independent and seven Republicans turned their backs on this most basic social institution.

Unfortunately, most of America does not agree with the media on this issue. Time after time in spite of enormous sums of money spent by liberal activist groups, DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) has passed overwhelmingly in every state the issue was brought up.

In Mississippi, traditional marriage was approved by a whopping 86 percent majority. Other state votes registered similar wide margins: Nevada (70 percent), Arkansas (75 percent), Georgia (77 percent), Kentucky (75 percent), Louisiana (78 percent), Nebraska (70 percent), Missouri (71 percent), Montana (66 percent), North Dakota (73 percent), Ohio (62 percent), Michigan (59 percent), Oklahoma (76 percent), Utah (66 percent), Kansas (70 percent) and Texas (75 percent). Even states considered to be more liberal voted for traditional marriage, including Hawaii (69 percent), Alaska (68 percent) and Oregon (57 percent). (snip)

CNN and the mainstream televised news networks uttered hardly a peep about the Alabama decision. Why was the issue buried? Because the “poll” in Alabama and 19 other states didn’t match the template put forward by those who wanted the amendment to be crushed. Their bias against the family is breathtaking.

Dr. Dobson goes on with his analysis, but the final issue is the Senators who voted against this Amendment. Some of them include: Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-Rhode Island, Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minnesota, Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, Sen. Judd Gregg, R-New Hampshire. All are a virtual whose-who in La-La Land. The list includes RINOs (Republican In Name Only) such as Chafee, Snowe, Gregg, and the media whore maverick, John McCain. It is because of these Senators that the decision of what defines a marriage does not belong to the people where it belongs, but instead is in the hands of a few radical liberal unelected judges. I hope the American people will hold these Senators responsible for their votes, though I will not hold my breath.

It seems that only in a few circumstances, the American people hold Congress in low regard, but like their own legislators. I wish I could explain the disconnect, but I can’t. Until the American people are will to hold their elected Congressmen and women and Senators responsible for their votes, we can be sure the unelected judges will continue to run roughshod over the will of the people.

Tags: Democrats, Bias, Culture, Politics by Chuck
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