What the hell are you talking about? This issue has been winning majority elections by landslides in states nationwide. Support is growing every time a court steps in and throws out the will of the voters. I know this issue it has been part of my life since 2000.
For some highly obscure reason, when people can't win an ordinary election they seem to think the cure is an amendment,
Where did you get that? We ARE winning elections. Protection of Marriage wins EVERYWHERE that it is put to a popular votes. Where we are losing is in the activist courts. THAT is why an amendment is necessary. In fact it is the very reason the amendment process was created.
For instance, there are 99 houses of state legislatures. 13 of them not voting to ratify the amendment would prevent it from passing.
The amendment process takes years and over those years legislatures change. In fact legislatures often change on single issues which was my point in the first place. This issue is VERY popular with the public. It is time to get state representatives nationwide on record and voting on it.
Good luck with that.
I will be highly surprised if such an amendment ever even comes to the floor in the House or Senate, much less receiving 2/3 of the vote, much less 3/4 of the states ratifying.
Would be nice, but it ain’t gonna happen.
Amendments only pass when they aren’t controversial. The system the Founders designed requires overwhelming public support both nationally and regionally.
It is interesting that while this issue continues to be voted down, polls indicate public movement on the issue is in the direction of approval. Over time, unless this reverses, it will start winning elections.
You can view this as us being on the wrong side of history, if you like. Personally I view it as being on the wrong side of depravity. But the end result is the same.