DOWN WITH PANTS!

The senate voted yesterday on the gay marriage amendment and thankfully it was voted down 48-50.  The measure needed sixty votes to be passed and then moved on to the States where 38 of 50 would have to approve to add it to the constitution. 
 
I don't care if you are for or against gay marriage.  I personally have absolutely no problem with it.  My upcoming marriage doesn't seem as important without a huge group of people being allowed to do the same thing.  However if you are against it you at least have to understand and see that no matter what this isn't an issue that should be in our country's constitution.   The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are not to be used to take away the rights of a person, only to grant rights not already given. 
 
The only time we have tried to limit the rights of people was when we had prohibition and that really seemed to work out well.  I'm not a huge fan of guns and would love tougher gun control, but I wouldn't support an amendment to get rid of them either.  The constitution is everything we base our  government on and to include an amendment limiting the rights of a group of people is a scary proposition.  There is no room for hate  or exclusion in our country's rulebook and I'd like it to stay that way.