[Rebellans]

This is the text of the proposed amendment:

FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT (H.J.Res. 56)

Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.

Alliance for Marriage

[AFA-Michigan]

Note that on the Alliance for Marriage web site, the sponsors of the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment plainly say that the amendment would NOT prohibit states from adopting Vermont-style "civil unions" or California-style "domestic partnerships -- both fake marriage entities under which individuals involved in homosexual relationships are granted all the legal recognition, status, and benefits of marriage save one: the legal right to call their relationship by the name "marriage."

That's what President Bush was talking about in his contradictory qualifying comments: he consents to these fake marriage relationships being adopted by various states.

That's not just based on the carefully-crafted language he used tonight on TV. It's the clearly-known position of the White House that IF they ever do actually endorse a marriage amendment, rather than say they will "IF NEEDED," it will be an amendment that does NOT prohibit state-level homosexual partnerships and unions.

The fake marriage-in-all-but-name legal creations will undermine the real thing, indirectly, just as certainly as a SCOTUS ruling legalizing so-called homosexual "marriage" by the name "marriage" would directly do so.