WASHINGTON -- For the secondary time in three days.

WASHINGTON -- For the secondary time in three days, President Bush implored the Senate to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, saying Monday that the issue extremitys to be wrestled away from "overreaching judges" and placed in the hands of the American commonalty

Critics on one as well as the other sides of the debate accused the president of playing politics with the socially sensitive issue at seeking to rouse social conservatives to support Republicans in this congressional election year calm if the cause has no realistic expectancy of enactment. Bush's talk came as the Senate continued debate forward a measure that isn't likely to win the two-thirds majority promised in both the Senate and House of Representatives that the Constitution requires.

"Marriage is the chiefly fundamental institution of civilization, and it should not be redefined through activist judges," Bush said following a meeting with amendment supporters in the White House. "Our