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King George II finally admits that there’s a Constitution! Of course, it’s only in the context that he wants to change it by removing civil rights and spewing blatant discrimination against a group because he believes what they’re doing is “icky,” but the fact that he and Alberto Gonzales are actually admitting that that piece of parchment in the National Archives is more than just a doodle, is a step. Of course, it’s probably in a step in a giant pile of Barney poo, but it’s a step nonetheless.

Bush also sends a message to gays by choosing to do all of this on the 25th birthday of AIDS. Let’s face it, that’s not a happy birthday to begin with, but Bush’s choice to make that specific speech tonight basically like your boss showing up at your mother’s funeral and laying you off. Completely classless and proof that he’s completely out of touch with not only reality, but basic human decency.

We have children left behind, soldiers acting like terrorists, the middle class slipping further and further into poverty, and Osama bin Laden still at large. However, Bush feels that this is the issue that is ripping America apart. He sees that his time and energy are best spent on spitting on the basic inalienable rights upon which this country was founded (you know: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness).

The beauty of the Constitution is that it can always be changed, but all changes from Madison’s Bill of Rights through today have been to include others those basic rights. This proposed amendment specifically singles out a group of hard-working, tax-paying Americans and judges them not by the content of their character, but by what they choose to do in the bedroom.

King George claims that that this amendment is good for “family values,” but you can’t teach family values and bigotry at the same time. Even if our Democratic leadership is sure that it’s a “political ploy in an election year,” it’s scary that the President (the person who isn’t even supposed to be making laws according to that piece of paper he doesn’t even care about anyway), feels that he can set all of this in motion. As a straight woman, I have to wonder: what's next (and not in that comforting Martin Sheen/Jimmy Smits way, let me assure you).

To the gays of America, and those of all sexualities who support the Constitution, President Bush apparently has one message for all of us...