Reply #3: This is Wedge Issue Number One for 2004

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Mark my words. Rove is a very happy man today.

This is ammo to keep the Presidency, the House and Senate. Ultimately completing the takeover of the judiciary.
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Bush criticizes gay marriage ruling

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Republicans want to be sure that federal courts don't come to the same conclusions that state courts have.

"When you have a runaway judiciary, as we obviously have, that has no consideration for the Constitution of the United States, then we have available to us through that Constitution (a way) to fix the judiciary," said House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., called the Massachusetts decision "just one more assault on the Judeo-Christian values of our nation."

The idea of a constitutional amendment appeared to be gaining appeal for some Republicans, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., would not rule it out.

"I think when we last publicly were discussing this, we made it very clear that it is our obligation, it is the law of the land passed by this body, and if the courts begin to tear that down, we have a responsibility to address it," he said.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/11/18/bush_antigay/index.html