DOES THAT APPLY TO THE E.R.A.?

[Eve: It's not like this is an especially important point--I just wanted to growl at this particular silly argument against a marriage amendment. Let's keep girly "social" issues out of the Constitution! From the NYTimes:]

"The Republican House leadership is having its own internal fight to determine what to do," said Winnie Stachelberg, political director of the Human Rights Campaign.

"There is no consensus among conservatives, libertarians and Republicans," she said. "Many of them say they don't support marriage for same-sex couples, but to amend the Constitution for social issues is a very bad idea."

The last time the Constitution was amended for social purposes was in 1920, when alcohol was outlawed, but that prohibition was repealed in 1933.
posted by Eve at 4:10 PM VOTE

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