Elephant In Exile

No sooner did I stumble upon this story than it seems to have been pulled from the web. Drudgereport had a posting up on Sunday that reported that President Bush asked Pope John Paul II to command U.S. Bishops to speak out in support of amending the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage, civil unions and other legal arrangements among same-sex couples. In other words, President Bush has asked a foreign government to intervene in a debate of the U.S. Constitution.

Elephant would support the president petitioning U.S. Catholic Bishops to discus the issue, but it's offensive (and somewhat desperate) to ask the leader of the Vatican See (A sovereign nation) to directly intervene on issues related to the U.S. Constitution. It's as wrong as putting U.S. military intervention up for a U.N. veto.

At least Bush can say he's a multi-lateralist.