President Bush just announced he supports a constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Now if only we could pass a constitutional amendment to keep stupid people from the presidency. I'm sorry but I think this is a civil rights retrogression if this amendment makes it through. How many amendments have there been to the constitution in the past 228 years? Twenty-seven. How many have intentionally created second class citizens in the populace? None. How many came about by social whim only to be repealed? One (Prohibition. Ratified in 1919, repealed in 1933). One shouldn't amend the constitution to promote personal points of view. I'm done.