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[RacerX]

I have very little fear that such an amendment would be ratified.  I believe that those in the legislature will remember that the purpose of the Constitution is not to restrict the rights of the people, but rather to restrict the power of the government.

That is my thought exactly.  I just made this point to a friend of mine last week.  I would be against such an amendment for this reason.  The Constitution should not be used to restrict the rights of the people.

[TA Pilot]

An amendment to the Constitution requires a 2/3 majority in both houses to pass and then requires a 3/4 majority of the states to be ratified.

The states can create and ratify and amendment w/o going through congress.

[locash]

The states can create and ratify and amendment w/o going through congress.

As noted in my post, thanks for playing.

[Dartful Dodger]

In Canada, where Gay Marriages are allowed.  There was a major resistance to allowing Gay Marriages by the Insurance companies.  As they will now be on the line to pay out more spousal benefits.  

But since the Lobbiest have little pull with the Canadian Government, there was little they could do too stop the bill allowing same sex marriages.

I believe this gay marriage thing was on many ballots and the majority of people voted against it.

We don't consider the majority of people as lobbyist, but in America we're crazy like that.