tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post115569236407275788..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155734158056261812006-08-16T08:15:00.000-05:002006-08-16T08:15:00.000-05:00A state constitutional amendment could not be challenged, if adopted, as a violation of the state's constitution; however, because of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, it would be subject to scrutiny on federal equal protection and due process grounds.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155733012405882192006-08-16T07:56:00.000-05:002006-08-16T07:56:00.000-05:00Anonymous, are you sure about that? Do Constitutional Amendments have to pass Constitutional muster?<BR/><BR/>Indiana's propsed amendment has a nasty clause B* that in essence is no different from Wisconsin's and I've never heard anyone say it won't fly.<BR/><BR/>*(b) This Constitution or any other Indiana law may not be construed to require that marital status or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon unmarried couples or groups.Jeff Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16442791690252112600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1155728753316154822006-08-16T06:45:00.000-05:002006-08-16T06:45:00.000-05:00One of the political rules we all learn too late:<BR/><BR/>Underpromise, overdeliver.<BR/><BR/>And, never reach beyond what you can easily grab.<BR/><BR/>You're a lawyer, Gary...you knhow as well as I do, a far-reaching amenemdent, which forbids mutual aid contracts and civil union contracts, will not pass constitutional muster.<BR/><BR/>But that won't stop the Pander Bears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com