If Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) or Majority Leader William H. Frist, M.D. (R-TN) made a similar statement about the Left to the effect that their churches are nothing but fronts fundraising for Leftist causes, there would be calls from their Senate colleagues for an immediate apology. This would be followed by numerous negative editorials. After several days of this the Senators would apologize in no uncertain terms. But the Left would say the apology was insincere and insufficient. Senator Lott, who had previously announced that he would run for re-election in the wake of Katrina, would likely be forced to resign. As for Frist, he is leaving anyway. This is a fictional scenario but I am astounded that Schumer made such a bigoted statement and yet no one has called on him to apologize.
Do voters want Senators and Members of Congress to do what is right? You bet. And do they often quote Scripture to show legislators the errors of their ways? Absolutely. Yet all of these people are genuinely committed to the democratic process. Schumer is not. Seventeen states amended their constitutions to say that marriage is between a man and a woman. Period. Others have declared that if same-sex marriage legislation is passed in one state or another they will not recognize the marriages. Still, Schumer, in his capacity as Chairman of the DSCC, has not encouraged those Senators up for re-election to follow the will of the voters on the issue of same-sex marriage. Finally, Senator Schumer's understanding of history is absolutely wrong. The Founding Fathers did not object to established religion in the several states. We had established religion in some states for a number of years after the founding of our country. But the Founders believed that there should be NO national religion.
It has been a week since Schumer made that bigoted statement. The countdown to an apology continues. Don't hold your breath.