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With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would restore voluntary prayer in our Nation's schools. -- Nick Rahall
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging. -- L. Neil Smith
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. -- Judy Biggert
Mr. Roosevelt, this is my principal request--it is almost the last request I shall ever make of anybody. Before you leave the presidential chair, recommend Congress to submit to the Legislatures a Constitutional Amendment which will enfranchise women, and thus take your place in history with Lincoln, the great emancipator. I beg of you not to close your term of office without doing this. -- Susan B. Anthony
I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. -- Ed Case
I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage. -- Corrine Brown
I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. -- Mary Cheney
I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage. -- Dina Titus
First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade. -- Dennis Kucinich
There are more than 30 states, who either by statute or constitutional amendment, have defined marriage as being between a man and a woman. -- John Thune
Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by one vote. -- Kenny Marchant
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The traditional religious right's failure to restore public-school prayer or pass an antiabortion constitutional amendment has likely helped fuel the spread of the more extreme dominionist school. -- Jon Meacham
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. -- Michele Bachmann
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. -- Adrian Cronauer
I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman. -- Jimmy Swaggart
Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. -- Will Rogers
I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions that would give gay couples all the rights, privileges and protections of marriage. -- Bob Casey, Jr.
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. -- John Boehner
I have introduced a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United and make it clear that the Congress and state legislatures do have the ability and the power to regulate and get corporate funding out of political campaigns. -- Bernie Sanders
So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment. -- Jack Kingston
In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment. -- Dennis Cardoza
For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. -- Dianne Feinstein
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. -- Will Rogers
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. -- Michele Bachmann
I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution, when he's the one who's lobbying for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. If that doesn't stem from personal opinion, I don't know what does. -- Jessi Klein
We don't need a constitutional amendment for kids to pray. -- William J. Clinton
Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't. -- Eleanor Smeal
In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment. -- Ken Buck
I didnt know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. -- Mary Cheney
We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations. -- Hank Johnson
The Wright Amendment is a pain in the ass, but not every pain in the ass is a constitutional infringement. -- Herb Kelleher
A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. -- Erwin Griswold
A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages. -- Coretta Scott King
We seek a constitutional amendment to permit voluntary school prayer. God should never have been expelled from America's classrooms in the first place. -- Ronald Reagan
As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate. -- Arlen Specter
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the Constitution. -- Laurence Tribe
The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys no superior right of access. -- George Will
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? -- Cal Thomas

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