President Bush and other politicians are pandering to extreme right religious fanatics by pushing for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages. Bush had better hope there are enough extreme right religious fanatics in America to get him reelected. Early indications are he may have to pull in his horns [if any] on this issue.

Some religious control freaks would love to have the power to force others to live according to their fundamentalist religious principles. We must not allow our Constitution to be trivialized like this. We must not give government that kind of authority over us. We must not give these self-righteous meddlers the power to force others to abide by their religious or moral values. We must not let our Constitution be turned into a weapon to force others to live according to their religious dictates.

This is what is meant by "tyranny of the majority." Who gave these people the right to run someone else's life? Where did they get the authority to tell others what to believe or how to live?

If homosexuality really is a sin, as they claim, I trust God will deal with gays in His own way. He certainly doesn't need any help from sanctimonious, meddlesome busybodies who think they have a monopoly on goodness and truth. These people mouth the words, "in God we trust" but it's obvious they don't trust God at all. They have no faith in God They're hypocrites. If they were good Christians, they'd follow Christ's example and love their fellow man. They'd leave everyone else alone.

"Where everyone leaves everyone else alone, there is liberty." If same sex couples want to marry, that doesn't interfere with my personal, constitutionally guaranteed rights. It doesn't diminish my life, my liberty or my pursuit of happiness. Leaving homosexuals alone would increase freedom. It would show tolerance and respect for their personal rights.

Gordon Curtis
Atlanta, GA