Make of this what you will
Back in the spring, when the Senate spent three days debating a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, some reporter suggested that doing so (when the amendment was doomed to fail and everyone in both parties knew it) was purely a political show.
Sen. Rick Santorum, the Pennsylvania Republican, insisted, however, that gay marriage is "potentially the greatest moral issue of our time" and added, ""This is the big buzz in media now: 'This is being brought up for political purposes; this has nothing to do with the substance of the matter.' If it was purely politics, let me assure you we'd be debating this in September."
