The phrase "an amendment that defined" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific amendment in a legal or constitutional context that clarifies or establishes a particular definition or standard.
Example: "The Constitution includes an amendment that defined the rights of citizens in relation to free speech."
Alternatives: "a provision that clarified" or "a clause that specified".
A way around this would be an amendment that defines federal law as controlling the gender of marriage partners, thus validating the Defense of Marriage Act.
Mr. Marshall also said he saw Mr. Thorne-Begland as unfit because being openly gay clashes with his duty to uphold the Virginia Constitution, which includes an amendment that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Louisiana voters decided overwhelmingly to place in our constitution an amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
"What is wrong is that the Supreme Court has found this hidden constitutional right that 200 years of jurisprudence had not discovered and basically overturned the will of the voters in Florida, where over 60percentt passed a constitutional amendment that defined marriage in the state constitution as the union of one man and one woman".
What is wrong is that the Supreme Court has found this hidden constitutional right that 200 years of jurisprudence had not discovered and basically overturn the will of voters in Florida, where over 60percentt passed a constitutional amendment that defined marriage in the state constitution as the union of one man and one woman". .
"My view is that we should defend the Defense Of Marriage Act and that we should have a Constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman," he said, before adding: "This path is one that as you watch it, we become more and more of a secular nation".
On Tuesday, North Carolina voters passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage exclusively between a man and a woman, making North Carolina the 30th state to pass such a ban same-sex marriage.
A San Antonio federal court will hear arguments in February in the case seeking to nullify a 2005 amendment that defines marriage as solely "the union of one man and one woman".
It asks candidates to appoint "faithful constitutionalists" to the Supreme Court, oppose any "redefinition" of marriage, defend the Defense Of Marriage Act, support a Constitutional amendment that defines "marriage" as being between "one man and one woman," and support anti-abortion policies in general -- and Gingrich pledges to do all of these things.
