Should Congress refuse to vote this out to the states there is an alternative. If 2/3 of the State legislatures pass a resolution to call a Constitutional Convention, Congress is required by Article V of the Constitution to set a date and place for it. Anything passed by that convention goes to the states as if it had been passed by Congress, at which point adoption by 3/4 of the states makes it part of the Constitution.
This is none of the FedGov’s bizness and does not belong in the Constitution. The Constitution is an operator’s manual for gubmint, not a laundry list of policy decisions.
He will be lucky to survive the week. The Atlanta paper should be entertaining on that one. I expect him to be compared to McGovern in the school house door.
It’ll never fly. And it should stay out of the Constitution.
Until we can get control of juducual appointments, we’ll continue to be governed by unelected and non-representative judicial fiat.
It’s a great idea. Let’s see where McCain is. To the Constitutional purists, you are wrong. Our hand has been forced by judicial fiat. This is a bedrock fundamental issue that now must be addressed in the Constitution. It is not some willy-nilly agenda item. This issue challenges the very structure of American society.
Good. Maybe this will keep him distracted from pulling Playboy off the PX shelves on military installations.
I don't like constitutional amendments that ban anything. The constitution was created to limit governments, not people. We have the defense of marriage act which I support. This is an issue that belongs to the states. I'm tired of federalizing every issue too. If Massachusetts wants gay marriage, that's their state and their call, not mine. If Michigan doesn't want gay marriage, that's our call to make, not people from Massachusetts. If the people of California like the judicial ruling, they can defeat the ballot try to overturn it. If not, they can do their part in their own state.
A Constitutional Amendment I would support is a supermajority for a tax increase or a balanced budget amendment.
Isn’t this the same guy who wants to ban Playboy and Penthouse on military installations?
State Constitutions can contain whatever, but the Federal Constitution needs to remain as is until the situation stabilizes, which would be shortly after the sun boils the oceans dry.
It will go absolutely nowhere in a Democrat-controlled Congress. End of story.
Those judges should be thrown off the bench.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Conservatives should denounce this. Federal Government has no place in a conservative view. Leave it to the states. I guess this Congressman Broun is a big government lover too. The Republicans are making them big time lately.
Marriage, abortion, flag burning, and talking on cell phones while driving, is not the business of the federal government, nor should it be.
The Constitution is not about the people. The Constitution is about granting a central government limited powers and directing the use of the limited powers. The Constitution limited the government to only the enumerated powers with Article I. Section I. All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.)
The Constitution did not empower the government to prohibit the citizens, nor should it.