It's a tough call.
The religious right is all excited because they get to go to the White House tomorrow for an event about banning gay marriage! Woo woo! And doubleplusgood, the Republican Congress is going to hold votes on the constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage THIS VERY WEEK!
Now, sure, everyone knows the amendment isn't going to pass either the Senate or the House.
And sure, everyone knows that Bush isn't expending a lick of political capital to help get the amendment passed. Per Newsweek:
A White House official, who declined to be identified discussing strategy, says Bush has not made calls [asking members of Congress to support]... the amendment because "nobody has asked us."Yeah, right.
And sure, everyone knows that Bush doesn't "give a shit" about the constitutional amendment, and I again quote Newsweek:
Though Bush himself has publicly embraced the amendment, he never seemed to care enough to press the matter. One of his old friends told NEWSWEEK that same-sex marriage barely registers on the president's moral radar. "I think it was purely political. I don't think he gives a s--t about it. He never talks about this stuff," said the friend, who requested anonymity to discuss his private conversations with Bush.But what matters to these so-called religious right leaders isn't actually passing the amendment. What matters is getting a photo op with the president! According to Newsweek, some of them even get a private meeting with the president! Gosh gee willickers. What would Jesus do? Who cares - we get a photo op!
We all learned as kids that winning isn't everything. In the case of the religious right, apparently it isn't anything.
