You can say that again, since the court obviously thinks that cruel and unusualy punishment is unconstitutional they should see that it is the same in the Terri Schiavo case.
A lovely thought when discussed amongst FReepers who get it, but in the hands of the "separation of church and state" whackos, who would define such a clause? After all, if freedom of choice is the ticket to justify abortion, where would the lines be in defining cruel and unusual? I think being subjected to homosexual rhetoric is cruel and unusual. I think anything "politically correct" is cruel and unusual as it is completely against my beliefs. However, imagine that I am strongly in the PC camp, I'm a lesbian who's dyin' to get married to my 'partner' of however long and we want to adopt - an added clause to the constitution would just give that entire crowd more ammunition because, as with things we all thought were sacred, they can twist it and claim it all to their benefit.