| EdHieron said:
2. Most likely not, however, Gingrich, Romney, and Perry are almost indistinguishable from Santorum on the matter. 3. Considering that the Evangelicals have gotten back in control of Congress and they passed such things as the NDAA (that Ron and Rand Paul opposed by the way) with little to no difficulty, it's certainly not beyond the realm of possibility that they could pass such an Amendment. 4. It really depends upon how much power the Fundamentalists gain in the upcoming election. If they gained control of boh houses of Congress and the Presidency they would probably dial the year back to 1692 in this country, so that anybody that didn't fully accept the literal truth of The Bible would probably find themselves standing on a scaffold with a noose around their neck or under a heavy rock. |
You're being hysterical. How do evangelicals control Congress now, and what does being evangelical have to do with the NDAA passing with broad bipartisan support and being signed into law by a decidedly non-evangelical president? For that matter, what makes Ron Paul "better" on the issue of gay marriage than Rick Santorum? Santorum wants to prevent the federal government from recognizing gay marriage because he thinks such an arrangement is an affront to his Catholicism, while Paul wants to do so because he thinks the federal government shouldn't be involved in deciding such matters. I know whose instincts I'd trust more as president, but on this issue it amounts to a distinction without a difference, except for the fact that Santorum wants to amend the constitution the while Paul simply wants to keep federal courts from being able to rule on the constitutionality of DOMA. So, if anything, it seems that Paul wants to give DOMA the weight of an amendment without having to muster the votes to do so the proper way.
