Passions drive debate on gay marriage off course

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In the past 40 years, the U.S. Constitution has been amended only three times: to set rules on congressional pay raises, lower the voting age to 18 and transfer power to the vice president if a president is incapacitated. All involve governance.

By contrast, most emotion-driven campaigns to prescribe social behavior in the Constitution have failed. Prohibition of alcohol in 1919 was so divisive, it was repealed in 1933. Recent efforts to ban abortion and flag burning and restore prayer in the classroom haven't even gotten out of Congress.

Social mores of the moment merit vigorous debate and legislative action. They don't deserve to be enshrined for the ages in our most precious legal documents.



Just for the record... I do not support a constitutional amendment barring Gay Marriages...