Constitutional Amendment
 

Ignore for a moment whether you favor gay marriage or not. Ignore whether you think there are a band of runaway judges just trying to ram gay marriage down your throat (I love that imagery, by the way.)

Is this really something that should be a constitutional amendment?

Should the Constitution be Amended to create Super-legislation, or should a Constitutional Amendment be more than that?

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If its for the "general welfare" then it seems as though legislators can and "should" do anything they feel, right?

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Still waiting for the "everyone gets a pony" amendment.

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No. I know almost nothing about the law but what "trendy" issue would be next? I assume this is just placating the base.

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You know what would be better? If, instead of worrying about amending the constitution, legislators followed it. I say this as a Brit looking in at your whole political process, thinking WTF happened to half the stuff in the original document.

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I don't think there should be any rules as to what should or should not be a valid topic for a Constitutional Amendment. The process is designed to make it hard for politcal whim to prevail, and we have history that shows a bad amendment can be undone.

Let the process do the talking.

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You know what would be better? If, instead of worrying about amending the constitution, legislators followed it. I say this as a Brit looking in at your whole political process, thinking WTF happened to half the stuff in the original document.

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What about the stuff that, you know, wasn't addressed in the document when it was originally written?

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What about the stuff that, you know, wasn't addressed in the document when it was originally written?

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Like whether gays should be married or flags burned or alcohol consumed.

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The definition of marriage should be consistent accross all the states, and is something that should not change at a political whim. I think an admendment is necessary.

Stu

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You know what would be better? If, instead of worrying about amending the constitution, legislators followed it. ... WTF happened to half the stuff in the original document.

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I could not agree more.