The flag burning amendment, 2004 edition

Today George Bush made me join the ACLU by making a statement in support of an amendment to the Constitution to outlaw gay marriage. I am beside myself with anger at this foolish pandering to the most extreme elements of his party. Even though I personally won't be participating in a gay marriage anytime soon, I see no reason that we should be amending the Constitution to remove rights from citizens and I am mad as hell at Bush and his wacko cronies for trying it.

You can use the ACLU's site to fax, email, or snail mail your elected representatives. Unfortunately one of my elected officials is Rick Santorum; he'll get my fax, but I doubt he'll care.

Edited to add this: Andrew Sullivan, a conservative, has extensive discussion of this topic here. His heartbreaking conclusion:

Some journalists are reporting that White House sources are telling them that they do not expect this to pass but they need to fire up their base. They'd go this far for purely political reasons? I guess I really was naive.

I don't agree with his politics (mostly), but I do feel for somebody who has just been disillusioned so badly.