[Remole]

I agree with you, but this will be a "rum go" as the Brits would say. If the Dems and other supporters of Same Sex Marriage successfully cast the issue in terms of Civil Rights, then the opponents of the Amendment will pick up quite a bit of tacit support. Only a small % of Americans, even in CA, MA and NY, are actually IN FAVOR of SSM, but many Americans would not want to deny anyone "basic human and civil rights." The challenge for the supporters of this amendment is to change the terms of the debate from "Civil Rights" to the Greater Good of our Children, etc.

[Califelephant]

Remole is right: we need to change the terms of the debate from "Civil Rights" to the "Greater Good of our Children". Without this amendment, sooner or later our the message our government will be sending our children is that it makes NO DIFFERENCE whether you marry someone of the same sex or someone of the opposite sex.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

The challenge for the supporters of this amendment is to change the terms of the debate from "Civil Rights" to the Greater Good of our Children, etc.

And if it passes on that basis, you'll see the left trying to get a Constitutional Amendment against homeschooling for "the Greater Good of our Children." This opens a whole can of worms for social engineering by Constitutional amendment. That's dangerous ground.