ATTEMPT TO BAN SSM BRINGS ATTENTION TO ALLARD: From the Scripps Howard News Service
 
Time was running out, defeat was never in doubt, but Sen. Wayne Allard was still scribbling out arguments to defend his proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. ...

Allard would later read those words Wednesday on the floor of the Senate, but in the end that argument wouldn't matter. The Senate voted 48-50 against a procedural motion, effectively keeping Allard's amendment on the Senate shelf.
Opponents called the vote a clear defeat for President Bush's agenda. An upbeat Allard said it was a first step in a process that could take years. If nothing else, it officially signaled the beginning of what could be a long, hot summer of partisan rhetoric from all sides.

Suddenly, Allard has stepped out of the shadows of national obscurity and into that heated limelight.

By the time Allard's marathon day was done Wednesday, the mild-mannered man from Fort Collins, Colo., was facing the biggest national media throng of his career. For better or worse, the gay marriage issue has made him a lightning rod in one of the most emotional debates of his times.

Until now, his biggest national profile has been on defense issues or his widely publicized push for anti-cock fighting legislation. ...

Roger Brown, Allard's senior legislative assistant, said that a Democratic senator from a Western state had told Allard, "I'd like to vote with you, but then I wouldn't get a Finance Committee seat."
 
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