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Re: The gay amendment

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Originally posted by cashflyer
I think it's a waste of effort and money, since we already have a same-sex prohibition on the books. But hey, it's an election year and politicians have to be doing something, right?
There is a BIG difference between amending the State's Constitution vs. amending the code. Codes can be easily amended in each legislative session, but amending the Costitution is a lot more permanent, because of the difficulty to amend. Also, a code has the possibilty of being overruled by activist judges, whereas activist judges cannot overrule the State's Constitution.

So, you may see it as a "waste of time", but it may actually be necessary to avoid unwanted results.
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