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Jerrek · 24-02-2004, 19:41

Truely excellent. That will score him some points with the conservatives, who are annoyed with his spending spree.

For those of you that don't know, in order to amend the Constitution, you need to get 2/3 of the votes in both the House and the Senate, and then it is sent out to the States. At least 75% [38] of the States need to ratify it in their governments. Once that happens, the president sign it and it becomes part of the Constitution.

Since 38 states already passed laws declaring marriage as a union between a man and a woman, I don't really see problem there. The House will probably be not a big problem either... The Senate will be a little harder though. However, at least 2/3 of American support this, so I give it an above average chance of success.

Very good indeed.

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Jerrek Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 2,545	Re: In Defense of the Marriage Truely excellent. That will score him some points with the conservatives, who are annoyed with his spending spree. For those of you that don't know, in order to amend the Constitution, you need to get 2/3 of the votes in both the House and the Senate, and then it is sent out to the States. At least 75% [38] of the States need to ratify it in their governments. Once that happens, the president sign it and it becomes part of the Constitution. Since 38 states already passed laws declaring marriage as a union between a man and a woman, I don't really see problem there. The House will probably be not a big problem either... The Senate will be a little harder though. However, at least 2/3 of American support this, so I give it an above average chance of success. Very good indeed.