Th correction makes the sentence technically accurate, yet still overstates reality at the time.
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No states had marriage constitutional amendments in 1996. Only Hawaii & Alaska had votes in 1998, and only Nebraska & Nevada did in 2000.
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@chrisgeidner Is there statistical evidence that fed amendments are ratified only after a plurality of states have corresponding ones? -
@keiffer_a I'm sure there is, but I don't know. -
@chrisgeidner Well there isn't. Almost all fed amendments deal with adjusting existing text in the constitution. 1/2 -
@chrisgeidner My point being that using the absence of state amendments as proof that a fed one wasn't in the works seems weak. 2/2 -
@keiffer_a No, that's not the point. There was no federal amendment discussion. This was a secondary claim; that states talking about ... -
@keiffer_a amendments could have led lawmakers to think a federal amendment "was looming." My point was that even that claim is very weak. - 2 more replies
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@chrisgeidner Wow. Passing is quite different from threatening to pass. -
@Only4RM It's still a stretch to put the threats of some state lawmakers — and we know how wild they can get — into the mouths of "states."
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