[Diddle E. Squat]

Because 85% of the morons who will promote this amendment won't be able to keep their big traps shut about the sodomy decision when talking about this. They will drone on about it, over and over and over - the soundbites will take over every other agenda.

Bingo, and then the left will once again be able to portray us as the party of hate to enough gullible/ignorant/emotion-based constituents to win elections they have no business winning. All those false media superimposed images of Fred Phelps as your typical Republican will be given credence by such counterproductive vitriole.

[longtermmemmory]

which is why you use the language of the ammendment.

The exact languguage of the ammendment speaks volumes. It also does not actually touch the ability of homosexuals to have sex inside their bedroom. (or adult incest, polygamy, or beastiality) It ONLY codifies what is already the law of the land and at common law. The institution is one man and one woman. The left can not stop that. This ammend ment does not overturn lawrence, it stops lawrence from going further.

[Sabertooth]

then the left will once again be able to portray us as the party of hate to enough gullible/ignorant/emotion-based constituents to win elections they have no business winning. All those false media superimposed images of Fred Phelps as your typical Republican will be given credence by such counterproductive vitriole.

The Democrats are going to say mean things no matter what. There's no point in trembling on the sidelines, there's going to be an Amendment to the Constitution in response to Lawrence.