by Patrick J Buchanan – January 19, 2004

“Bush Plans $1.5 Billion Drive for Promotion of Marriage” ran the headline in the New York Times.

The story told of how Bush aides were “planning an extensive election-year initiative to promote marriage” and debating whether to float the idea in the State of the Union.

“For months,” the Times reported, “administration officials have worked with conservative groups on the proposal, which would provide at least $1.5 billion for training to help couples develop interpersonal skills that sustain ‘healthy marriages.’”