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  • Because marriage is a sacred institution and the foundation of society, it should not be redefined by activist judges. For the good of families, children and society, I support a constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage.

    Children   Gay   Judging  
    Fourth Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 2 February 2005
  • The time has come in our society when I see great wisdom and purpose in a United States Constitutional amendment declaring that marriage is between a man and a woman. There is nothing in that proposed amendment that requires a criminal prosecution or that directs the attorneys general to go out and round people up, but it declares a principle and it also creates a defensive barrier against those who would alter that traditional definition of marriage.

    Men   People   Principles  
    Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org
  • It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.

  • Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't.

  • I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage.

    Pride   Gay   Amendments  
  • I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage.

  • While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.

    Law   Wings   Judging  
  • We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

  • The two-thirds rule of the Senate, which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence.

    Two   Long   Doubt  
    "A Diplomatic History of the American People". Book by Thomas A. Bailey, 7th ed., p. 17, 1940.
  • People for the American Way says it has yet to find anyone who has made a stronger case against the proposed school prayer Constitutional amendment... What kind of prayer would we use?

    Prayer   School   People  
  • During the Suffragette revolt of 1913 I[urged] that what was needed was not the vote, but a constitutional amendment enactingthat all representative bodies shall consist of women and men in equal numbers, whether elected or nominated or coopted or registered or picked up in the street like a coroner's jury. In the case of elected bodies the only way of effecting this is by the Coupled Vote. The representative unit must not be a man or a woman but a man and a woman.

    Women   Numbers   Body  
  • A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.

  • No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.

    Children   Issues   Age  
  • I support and have always supported passage of a federal constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. As President, I will fight for passage of this amendment. My personal belief is that marriage is between one man and one woman, for life.

    Fighting   Men   Support  
    "Things I do not understand: religion, politics, & the American people" by Lynne Joseph, www.dailykos.com. January 17, 2008.
  • I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional amendment. The reason I did so was because I was worried that activist judges are actually defining the definition of marriage. And the surest way to protect marriage between a man and woman is to amend the Constitution.

    Faith   Men   Thinking  
    Presidential debate in Tempe, Arizona, www.cnn.com. October 13, 2004.
  • I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.

  • Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.

    College   Race   Years  
  • We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations.

    Rights   Needs   Speech  
    "Dem Rep. Hank Johnson: Amend Constitution to Restrict Freedom of Speech" by Eric Scheiner, www.cnsnews.com. November 29, 2012.
  • Bush proposed a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Some saw the move as an attempt to preserve traditional values, while others saw it as a cynical ploy to ensure that Vice President... Cheney will never have to pay for his gay daughter's wedding.

    Daughter   Moving   Gay  
  • A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.

    Sex   Gay   Amendments  
  • I prefer an income tax, but the truth is I am afraid of the discussion which will follow and the criticism which will ensue if there is an other division in the Supreme Court on the subject of the income tax. Nothing has injured the prestige of the Supreme Court more than that last decision, and I think that many of the most violent advocates of the income tax will be glad of the substitution in their hearts for the same reasons. I am going to push the Constitutional amendment, which will admit an income tax without questions, but I am afraid of it without such an amendment.

  • Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption. They include a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

    "Donald Trump’s campaign has become one big airing of grievances". www.washingtonpost.com. October 27, 2016.
  • I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.

    Men   Law   Support  
    "Rep. Michele Bachmann Talks Earmarks, Obamacare and Gay Marriage; Sen. Kyl on Debt Talks". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. June 26, 2011.
  • We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place.

    Prayer   School   America  
    Ronald Reagan (1993). “Actor, Ideologue, Politician: The Public Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, Greenwood Publishing Group
  • I believe in the soul ... the small of a woman's back, the hanging curveball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing Astroturf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve, and I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

    Sweet   Morning   Believe  
  • There are people who oppose a federal Constitutional amendment because they think that the law of family should be made by the states. I can see a legitimate argument there. I think it's mistaken, however, because the federal government, through the decisions of life-tenured federal judges, has already taken over that area.

    Source: www.mormonnewsroom.org
  • Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote.

  • I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government.

    "Rep. Michele Bachmann Talks Earmarks, Obamacare and Gay Marriage; Sen. Kyl on Debt Talks". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 26, 2011.
  • [I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk Empire - that's another period of government overreach, but at least they use the amendment process! In real life, the executive branch, by violating the Constitution, is using statutes in place of constitutional amendments to diminish our liberty.

    Real   Government   Games  
  • So now we're after a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a guy-and-gal thing. To the founders, this would have been like an amendment requiring the sun to rise in the east; it would fall under the category of obvious truths that the Constitution need not address.

    Fall   Guy   East  
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