Karl Rove, the architect of George W. Bush’s divisive politics, the man who argued for a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriage on grounds that it would threaten the institution, got divorced last week after 24 years of marriage.
Another champion of family values hoisted on his own petard.
Here’s what he said about gay marriage–you know the thing that threatens straight marriage more than straight divorce:
”ROVE: Well, marriage is a very important part of our culture and our society. If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal. And the ideal is that marriage ought to be and should be a union of a man and a woman. And we cannot allow activist judges to overturn that. We cannot allow activist local elected officials to thumb their nose at 5,000 years of human history and determine that marriage is something else.’‘
Just once, I’d like to see a public figure do some private introspection. And make an apology. Here’s what I’d like to hear from you Karl, short and sweet:
“My divorce hurts the institution more than your marriage. If I can’t make it work, I have no business trying to prevent you from trying.”