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If you didn't know, Dick Cheney has a gay daughter and made a campaign promise that "the question of same-sex relationships" would be left to the states.

DenverPost.com: " A U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay sex, Canada's announcement that gay couples may marry and President Bush's flirtation with a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage have boosted the proposal's profile and prospects as Congress readies to return this fall.

The White House says an endorsement of the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, sponsored by Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., is under consideration and that the administration's decision will depend on whether courts in Massachusetts and other states uphold gay marriage rights in rulings that are expected any day."

Among the usual nutcases on board this issue are Focus on the Family, the Family Research Council, and the Concerned Women of America. This is truly remarkable, though:

Some conservatives oppose the FMA, as the proposed amendment is called, because they say it doesn't go far enough (emphasis mine). As drafted, the proposal would still allow states to recognize "civil unions" that can give gay partners the rights of marriage in almost everything but name.