His beef

A constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage is on Wisconsin's November ballot, and this page on the Wisconsin State Journal's Web site has a funny letter to the editor about it, written by one John Torgerson of Wisconsin Dells. Marriage must only be between a man and a woman because, he observes, "This is what songs and literature of our culture speak of."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe songs and literature of our culture speak of many things, not all of which should be written into our constitution. That said, I am all for a constitutional amendment to legalize the shooting of men in Reno, just to watch them die. Our prisons are full enough.

(Do songs speak? Maybe the writer was thinking of William Shatner's cover version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.")