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A constitutional amendment is the wrong way. If our society has declined to the point where we must define marriage in the foundational statements of our government, we lost. Allowing this to be debated by openly homosexual states like MA, and CA will lead to a compromised amendment. Do you really want the immoral of our nation writing and voting for "the" definition of marriage?

Bush's stand is politically safe ground as this Constitutional process takes years! He won't even be around if this does get voted in by the various states. A more proactive stance in regard to states and courts legalizing this trash would carry real weight. Conservative voters could actually have confidence in W. Talk is cheap, especially when it's 10-20 years down the road.

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Other constitutional amendments which were the wrong way:

Amendments
First Amendment - Religion and Expression
Second Amendment - Bearing Arms
Third Amendment - Quartering Soldiers
Fourth Amendment - Search and Seizure
Fifth Amendment - Rights of Persons
Sixth Amendment - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions
Seventh Amendment - Civil Trials
Eighth Amendment - Further Guarantees in Criminal Cases
Ninth Amendment - Unenumerated Rights
Tenth Amendment - Reserved Powers
Eleventh Amendment - Suits Against States
Twelfth Amendment - Election of President
Thirteenth Amendment - Slavery and Involuntary Servitude
Fourteenth Amendment - Rights Guaranteed, Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process and Equal Protection
Fifteenth Amendment - Rights of Citizens to Vote
Sixteenth Amendment - Income Tax
Seventeenth Amendment - Popular Election of Senators
Eighteenth Amendment - Prohibition of Intoxicating Liquors
Nineteenth Amendment - Woman's Suffrage Rights
Twentieth Amendment - Commencement of the Terms of the President, Vice President and Members of Congress.
Twenty-First Amendment - Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment
Twenty-Second Amendment - Presidential Tenure
Twenty-Third Amendment - Presidential Electors for the District of Columbia
Twenty-Fourth Amendment - Abolition of the Poll Tax Qualification in Federal Elections
Twenty-Fifth Amendment - Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability
Twenty-Sixth Amendment - Reduction of Voting Age Qualification
Twenty-Seventh Amendment - Congressional Pay Limitation

Memorializing what is already the standard, is the VERY conservative think to do. The only people who call it anti-conservative are Human Rights Coalition people reading their talking points. They even ran a desperation commercial during the Rush Show.

The goal takes out the FFC issue from the federal government. It removes homosexual marriage from federal immigration law. It puts the issue where it should have been, the states INDIVIDUALLY.

There is no reason to delay when the enemy is accumulating. The time to act is now.