[A CA Guy]

Question to all:

Is a Constitutional Amendment voted on by all the people in a Major election or submitted as a process within the Congress?

If it can be offered nation wide on the same ballot as the Presidential election, several good things could happen. Think of the possibilities:

#1 People are mostly kind of conservative and this gay marriage issue will bring a lot of non voters out to vote in mass in a conservative fashion.

#2 President Bush would benefit as would most local conservative candidates.

#3 Local issues that need conservatives to pass also benefit.

A MAJOR WIN WIN WIN on every level here as I see it if an Amendment could be offered to the public on ballot. (Only if...)

[KantianBurke]

Nope. Correct me if I'm off but a consititutional amendment has to pass both houses of Congress by 2/3's majorities and pass a similar number of state legislatures. The public has no role if I recall other than voting the bums out if they're against its passage. Someone doublecheck?

[concerned about politics]

People will have to vote on the ammendment. It's OUR Constitution.
People are willing to be tolerant at a distance. They're not tolerant when it's rubbed in their face and they're given the finger.

NOTICE ALL......

A newly arrived Republican appointee has pulled references to sexual orientation discrimination off an agency Internet site where government employees can learn about their rights in the workplace. (Washington post.)

[TeleStraightShooter]

The Bogus Homosexual Marriages in SF is a state issue.

However, congress has the option to "override" any federal judical ruling. It's delineated in the United States Constituion: Article 3, Section 2, Cluase 2:

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20031006-085845-5892r.html

Congress rarely uses this excption though..............