[Sabertooth]

This crap is radioactive in the 'burbs on the coasts and in the Heartland. It probably doesn't play that well down South.

Not sure if that's wishful thinking, or defeatism. Incorrect, either way.

This Amendment, or something like it, is going to pass 2/3 of both houses of Congress and 3/4 of the state legislatures.

It's same-sex marriage that's radioactive, even in California. Really. Let Howard Dean and the Dems run with it.

[ChicagoGuy]

Same-sex marriage may be a radioactive issue, but so is the frivolous amending of our Constitution (as well it should be). People don't want to amend the Constitution at the drop of a hat, and they aren't going to want to do it for garbage.

[longtermmemmory]

they are going to hide behind "support equal rights" They can't say they support marriage for same sex partners. They can't even say they just support marriage.

[eastsider]

It's same-sex marriage that's radioactive

I'd say the meter reads somewhere beyond weapons-grade plutonium.

[NittanyLion]

Think of some of the other amendments: right to free speech, right to vote, right to bear arms, etc. This proposed amendment - in addition to restricting freedom instead of protecting it - would lower the standard by which all others are held.

In a list of amendments dealing with quite serious issues, this one would stand out as being the one without any gravity. Just a horrible idea.