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Is there a reason not to immediately push for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman?


16 posted on 06/26/2015 8:15:44 AM PDT by bramps
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It would never get the votes required. The country is now majority leftist. Sorry, that’s the way it is. As such, rightists are enemies of the state


24 posted on 06/26/2015 8:19:43 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: bramps
Is there a reason not to immediately push for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman?

The best reason I can think of is that it is a waste of time. If the hearts of people are not changed, we are going down and going down hard. We need to find ways to survive the fall and come through on the other side.

47 posted on 06/26/2015 8:37:04 AM PDT by BRK
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“Is there a reason not to immediately push for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman?”

No way it would get 2/3 of the States to pass it, Marxists liberals have won the battle of the minds and hearts of the youth. The Boomers turned out to be not very good at parenting or fighting the enemy within. Of course that is a generalization.


53 posted on 06/26/2015 8:39:28 AM PDT by DAC21 (.)
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To: bramps
Is there a reason not to immediately push for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman?

Sure. It would never pass. And an Amendments Convention would probably cost us even more rights.

63 posted on 06/26/2015 8:42:02 AM PDT by Drew68
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Disband the courts.


74 posted on 06/26/2015 8:46:04 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ( A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers)
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To: bramps

The only way to fix this, at this point, is to follow Mark Levin’s suggestion of following the law in Article V and having a convention of the states.

If we tried to pass an amendment through any other process, the media and the ‘hip’ crowd would popularize shooting it down.

No, it will have to come from a consortium of like-minded states who share a majority and who outnumber the left-leaning states.


75 posted on 06/26/2015 8:46:18 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Carter...Reagan...Bush...Clinton....Bush....Carter....BUSH? / CLINTON? STOP THE INSANITY!)
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To: bramps

Is there a reason not to immediately push for a constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man and one woman?

To what end? The court has blatantly ignored the constitution, not just with the last 2 cases, but back to Roe v. Wade. They would just ignore your new amendment.


198 posted on 06/26/2015 12:23:54 PM PDT by rikkir (Anyone still believe the 8/08 Atlantic cover wasn't 100% accurate?)
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To: bramps

Yes. Because it would be a waste of time. The oligarchy is in control and they’ll have none of it.


213 posted on 06/26/2015 1:32:28 PM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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The problem with that is you would never get the state legislatures to adopt it. In all states, except 2 SSM was done by legislative fiat. You would need 37 States to pass it. So a CA IMHO is DOA.


215 posted on 06/26/2015 1:55:02 PM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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To: bramps; Viennacon; BRK; DAC21; Drew68; Uncle Miltie; Ghost of Philip Marlowe; rikkir; ...

The reason to do it is because it ought to be done. There is no reason not to do it.

I would rather tell my children and grandchildren I tried and failed rather than telling them I didn’t try at all.


238 posted on 06/26/2015 7:49:31 PM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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