[Diddle E. Squat]

This is a dumb idea right now. The Supreme Court ruling was on sodomy, not gay marriage. So any constitutional amendment(a constitutional amendment, for goodness sakes!) is just going to be seen as petty and a backlash.

HOWEVER, let a single state authorize gay marriage, and a federal court suddenly force it everywhere else, without the public's input, and the their outrage at the methods will likely be quite pronounced. Only then would there be the kind of broad public perception of an unfair loophole exploitation that would be needed for a CA to have any chance of passage. Exactly which states do you think would be the ones to get to 2/3rds passage? I guarantee you it would require socially moderate states, so like it or not, you must accomodate them in your strategy.

[aristeides]

3/4 of states needed. But, for this amendment, I think there is an excellent chance of getting that many.

[Desdemona]

psst...a Consitutional amendment has to pass 3/4 of the states. 2/3 in both houses of Congress.