[Viva Le Dissention]

if you got 2/3s, you'd fall short. You need 3/4. And don't hold your breath.

[jwalsh07]

if you got 2/3s, you'd fall short. You need 3/4. And don't hold your breath.

By my count 39 states have already passed the DMA. Using the old math that would equate to 78%. 78% > 75%. Won't have to hold my breath long.

[only1percent]

Not only do you need 3/4ths, you need both houses of the legislature in 3/4ths. In other words, 13 of 99 legislative houses in the country (Nebraska has only one legislative house) could block an amendment.

For now, the FMA won't go anywhere. The Supreme Court would have to overturn the full faith and credit provisions of the DMA, holding that each state and the federal government much recognize gay marriages concluded in any other state, for the FMA to catch fire.