A Stitch in Haste

A Stitch in Time Saves Nine...But Haste Makes Waste

A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.

Anti-Gay Bigotry Quote of the Day
(Why aren't you reading this at the new website?)

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"Does he really want to suggest that over half of the United States Senate is a crew of bigots?"
--Senator Orrin Hatch, responding to a remark from Senator Ted Kennedy, equating a vote for the Marriage Protection Amendment with "writing bigotry into the Constitution."
First of all, it wasn't over half; the vote was 49-48 (an unequivocally humiliating defeat for the bigots, who had hoped for a clear majority of the 100 senators).

But more importantly, I don't personally think (nor do I believe that Ted Kennedy personally thinks) that "over half" less than half of the United States Senate "is a crew of bigots."

They are a crew of hack politicians who pander to a crew of bigots.

I abstain from voting on which is worse.

Now about Hatch's flag-burning amendment...
Posted by Kip on 7 June 2006


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