The Anti-Sam Brownback Blog

Another day, another example of Brownback’s intolerance. A few readers have e-mailed me about Senator Brownback’s recent hearings on the anti gay marriage constitutional amendment that is yet again languishing in the Senate. Frankly I thought it was a pretty big non-story… but I am more than happy to give the people what they want. The Washington Blade reported:

“Just one year ago, the issue of marriage was center stage in the national political debate,” said Brownback, who chairs the subcommittee. “When the people spoke at the voting booth last November, they approved—by decisive majorities—every one of the 11 state amendments protecting traditional marriage.”

Brownback said he called the hearing to discuss what he called “popular support” for protecting traditional marriage and to examine how a constitutional amendment is needed to stop “judicial activism” by state and federal courts,which he said have threatened the institution of marriage.

I don’t think this amendment is going anywhere this year. The WB article mentioned some staffers believe it may be pushed next year as a way to fire up the conservative base, and I think that is certainly possible. Not that apathy from his fellow Senators is likely to stop Senator Brownback from holding hearings. Every time he chairs a hearing on promoting intolerance he gets a mention in the Christian press. That is all he is after. He doesn’t want this to come to the forefront of national media yet because he needs this issue to be fresh for late 2007 and early 2008. This is one of his only issues and there is no way he is going to waste it. For now, he is just tending the fires of religious hatred.