Former Wyoming senator Alan K. Simpson, who serves as the honorary chairman of the Republican Unity Coalition, spoke with Newsweek's online edition about gay Republicans, the religious right and the 2004 election, saying:
The difference between 10 years ago and today on the gay-lesbian issue in this country is an eon apart. And if we"ve moved this far in just 10 years, in the next 10 years it will be just as dramatic.
On Sen. Rick Santorum likening homosexuality to bigamy and incest., Simpson remarked: "I thought [those comments] were sad. I know Rick and I respect him, but I think that view was a little bit bizarre." And on Sen. Bill Frist calling for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages, Simpson said: "I don't think that's appropriate. I think that minimizes the Constitution." But is the party listening?
The Real Revolt Against the Constitution.
Conservative commentator and attorney Bruce Fein takes on Roy S.
Moore, the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court,
in the Washington Times for blatantly disregarding the
Constitution. He writes that the fact Moore:
revels in seeking to unravel the rule of law shocks. And what multiplies the shock is the deafening Republican silence over Justice Moore's rebellion against the Constitution despite their characteristic celebration of law and order.
How bad is Moore? The Texas Triangle
reports Moore's calling homosexuality "an inherent evil against
which children must be protected." Guess this is Scalia's kind of
justice.
--Stephen H. Miller