Senator Specter, you should be ashamed of yourself.  Anyone who tries to use legislation to legalize hate and discrimination embarrasses themselves, those they represent and the Constitution itself.

If this is genuinely a serious issue confronting all Americans, and not a slick political move to stir up a restless base, why did you choose to have the debate essentially behind closed doors?  The American people have a right to know what their representatives are doing in their name.  If this is a bill that you truly oppose, why let it even reach the Senate floor?  Assuming you do not vote for this bill, 12 Democrats have to vote for it to pass.  Good luck.  You know for a fact this amendment has less than no chance of passing the Senate, let alone being ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures.  Why waste the Senate's time?  So you can continue to do nothing and continue to flush more hard-earned taxpayer money down the toilet?

It has been my experience that when people get as mad as you did yesterday (saying "good riddance" to a fellow Senator during a Senate hearing), it usually means you know you are on the wrong side of the argument, even though you may not have had a choice in the matter.  It must be frustrating to be forced into supporting such embarrassing legislation, though Jim Crow did fly for quite some time.I suppose desperate times call for desperate measures.  How does it feel, knowing you will be remembered as the Senator who allowed this hateful amendment to reach the Senate floor?  I didn't think you could sink to the level of the other Senator from your state, and right now, he knows the meaning of desperate.  A few more stunts like these, and you might have the same problem as Senator Santorum in a few years.  Do Republicans really stand up for what they believe?  I don't think so.