Today's Tennessean has a front-page headline story about the sudden opposition to the gay marriage amendment by the Christian Family Network Policy.
We had the same story up here last Friday (we beat the Tennessean by 5 days!).
The Tennessean headlined the story: Opposing groups fight gay marriage ban : Gays say amendment discriminatory; pro-family group fears political domino effect
Our own headline was far more accurate.
Pro-Family Group? Hmm, the Gays vs. the Pro-Family group. Wonder who'd win that poll? I hate to say it, but the Tennessean is rather famous for such bias.
How about the Pro Family Gays vs. the Pro-Family Conservatives? Or, the Gays vs. the Christian Conservatives?
As is so often the case, The Tennessean frames many of its stories in the language of the right. Oddly enough, I suspect that the paper is completely unaware of its daily bias.
The Knoxville News Sentinel also carried the story today.
The Family Policy Network says it has 1,000 Tennesseans on it's email list. They sent out yet another alert today urging conservatives to pressure legislators to strengthen the marriage amendment. By 'strengthen' they mean add provisions outlawing civil unions and domestic partnerships.
The House is scheduled to vote on the marriage amendment tomorrow morning (3-17-05) at 9:00 am in the State Capitol.
With both Republicans and Democrats supporting the bill of discrimination, and in droves, this amendment has been a sure thing all along.
It will be interesting to see if the conservative group can pressure legislators, at this late date, to attempt to change the measure. If that were to happen, the drama could continue throughout the entire legislative session.
An amendment banning civil unions would be far harder to pass. One can only hope.
