I should clarify that I'm not particularly surprised by the outcry surrounding Janet's boob. This is the world we live in. But last I checked, there weren't efforts underway to amend our Constitution to outlaw the public display of nipples. I think most red-blooded Americans understand that there is a time and a place for tits, and that the areas of disagreement can be negotiated outside of the constitutional process. The flag, on the other hand, seems to require protection at a more fundamental level.
I'll be honest: I have a pet peeve. Only once in our history has the Constitution been amended to curtail the rights of citizens. It was a mistake, and it was rectified. It should never happen again.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court clarified its November ruling on gay marriage today, in case you were napping. Yay! President Bush, in response, "clarified" his position on a Constitutional amendment prohibiting gay marriage. Hmm.
It's not that any of this is unexpected. It's that it's happening. Constitutional amendments are the last refuge of heroes and desperate killjoys. This is about gay marriage and flag burning, but it's about much more. It's about a minority who will alter the fundamental direction of our history with the assistance of a majority who don't have the resources to care. And this will get ugly. But it could get pretty good.
In the meantime, Joe bless America.
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Well-put re Constitutional amendments curtailing rights of citizens. I hadn't thought of it that way, but I like it.
...But I confess I'm a little hesitant about rhetoric from any side that talks about the minority imposing their will on the majority; that seems to be what Bush is saying as well, about the activist courts etc. Basing these things on majority opinion seems to me to suggest that if the majority believes that same-sex marriage and flag burning should be constitutionally banned, then they're right, and I hold too many minority viewpoints to be comfortable with that.
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