Directory of Constitutional Amendment Resources

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Information about a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would protect the traditional institution of marriage. Opinions both for and against such an amendment are acceptable in this category.

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• Findlaw: Three Bad Reasons--and One Very Good Reason--to Oppose a Constitutional Amendment Barring Same-Sex Marriage

  http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20040218.html
  Article by Columbia law professor Mike Dorf critiquing proposals for a federal marriage amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

• GPO.gov - A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Preserve Traditional Marriage

  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg98156/pdf/CHRG-108shrg98156.pdf
  U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on March 23, 2004 regarding an amendment that would ban same-sex marriage.

• GPO.gov - What is Needed to Defend the Bipartisan Defense of Marriage Act of 1996?

  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-108shrg92369/pdf/CHRG-108shrg92369.pdf
  U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on September 4, 2003 to discuss whether a constitutional amendment is needed to defend the institution of marriage, and to defend a law passed in 1996.

• Wikipedia - Federal Marriage Amendment

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment
  Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article about the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would have limited marriage to one man and one woman, and prevented judicial extension of marriage rights to same-sex or other unmarried heterosexual couples. Last voted on in 2006.

• Wikipedia - List of U.S. State Constitutional Amendments Banning Same-Sex Unions by Type

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_constitutional_amendments_banning_same-sex_unions_by_type
  Crowd-sourced encyclopedia article providing information on amendments to state constitutions regarding gay marriage.

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