In a desperate attempt to recapture his "conservative base" (when Bush was ever conservative, one wonders), Jorge Bush will speak next week on the Senate's move to amend the US Constitution in favor of marriage betwen "one man and one woman".

The question remains: Why should this be the purview of government?

The second consideration: If this is being done to legally support the "optimal environment in which to raise a child", what happens to the sub-optimal?

And overall, what is happening to the Republican Party?

Bastiat's "The Law" (Occasional Paper, 123)