As much as I loved and respected Paul (and really, really miss and mourn him and Sheila), I think he was absolutely wrong on that vote.

George Bush may try to ignore them, but "the rest of us" includes people who are being prevented by law from enjoying the benefits of marriage only because their gender is the same as the person they love. They are Americans, too, and this proclamation is insulting to them. I'm a married woman myself--I believe in marriage--but I think that is totally unfair.