According to Newsmax and unnamed "published reports," at least 34 U.S. Senators would vote no on the Marriage Amendment:
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/3/5/95800.shtml
What stand a better chance is to limit the jurisdiction of Federal Courts--something that only takes a simple majority, rather than a 2/3 majority of both House and Senate and then 3/4 of the States.
I continue to feel that we should do both: pass a federal marriage amendment if we can, and pass legislation limiting the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts. I don't think we should assume up front that an amendment is politically impossible. And we should remember that what can be done with a simple majority can be undone with a simple majority. If an amendment would be harder to pass, it would also be much harder to repeal.
John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The traditional family is under heavy attack. I do not know
that things were worse in the times of Sodom and Gomorrah.
-- President Gordon B. Hinckley, 2004.
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All my opinions are tentative pending further data. --JWR
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