Gay marriage controversy...AGAIN!

President Bush has once again brought the controversial topic of same-sex marriage to the lime light this past week. Bush, whose popularity numbers have dropped over recent months, has prepared two speaches to set the stage for the Senate’s decision on a new constitutional amendment. The amendment would ban gay marriage in all states, permitting solely civil unions between homosexual couples. “He believes the insitution of marriage is between a man and a woman”, states White House Representative Tony Snow about President Bush. Many critics, however, believe this whole debate was sparked hoping to gain more support from the Republican conservatists for Bush’ midterm elections. Regardless, the Senate will begin debate on Monday and vote Wednesday on the matter.

Today, gay marriage is just as controversial as the theory of evolution was when Charles Darwin proposed the theory in the early 1900s. The largest debate over evoluti8on was in 1925 when science teacher John T. Scopes refused to teach the “Big Bang” theory and instead taught the new idea of evolution. The occurrence was brought to court, where famous political leader William Jennings Bryan tried against the case. Despite Scope’s defeat, the trial attracted the attention of thousands of US citizens and is today known as the Scopes “Monkey” Trial.