[DAnconia55]

"Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman." "Neither this Constitution or the constitution of any state, nor state or federal law, shall be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups."

It needs alteration:

Nothing else, no other right or power of government or cause action of the courts can be derived from this Amendment. The Federal government will not levy any monies in support of this Amendment. The Federal Government cannot impose any conditions, tests, or licenses upon a couple meeting the definition of marriage above.

Or some such.
I'm TELLING YOU. This is a mistake as written, and we'll end up with a Federal Marriage Department. Watch!

[longtermmemmory]

this is the one that is pending. This is the only show in town.

[Kevin Curry]

This is a mistake as written, and we'll end up with a Federal Marriage Department.

We already have one. It has legislated nationally and finally on abortion, contraception, and now on sodomy. It will within a very few years legislate nationally and finally on marriage as well.

It consists of nine unelected legislators-for-life, six of which are drunk with legislative power and desire to impose their own personal sense of morality, of a strongly liberal cant, on the other 260 million Americans.

We cannot effectively impeach them; we cannot appeal the legislation they impose. They are all-powerful.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Of course it is a mistake. Have these people ever distinguished themselves by being smart?

They are super eager to elect Howard Dean.

[JSteff]

"It needs alteration "

You are right, your recommended addition is needed. If there was a federal department of marriage, it would just be another way to allow the libs to get control of an administrative department. Then this will start all over again.

I am VERY worried about all this. What has our country become? One of the three branches of the government, the one who is there to decide the LAW as based on the constitution, over steps it's written word. They create laws instead of ruling on the law. They invented rights not enumerated in the constitution. They went against the intents of the founders, who got it right all those years ago.

I hate to make a statement like this but this bill may be one of our last chances to stop the slide to the end of the republic. Let's hope there are enough out there who see this and agree.