Discussions continued today in the U.S. Senate on the need for a
federal marriage amendment; a vote is expected later in the
week.  Catholic League president William Donohue urged support
for the amendment today:  “No society in all of human history,
up until very recently, has ever given a second thought to the
propriety of two men getting married.  Indeed, it was considered
so taboo that only the deranged would voice such nonsense. 
Sadly, things have changed.  There is a small band of mostly
well-educated white people who think that the wisdom of the ages
is all wrong about this matter.  Remarkably, it does not give
these people pause to note that there are very few aspects of
culture that are this universally embraced—encompassing all of
Western and Eastern civilizations from time immemorial.  “The
question for most Americans is not whether we should sanction
gay marriage—they haven’t lost their senses—but whether a
constitutional amendment is the right remedy.  It is the
position of the Catholic League t