Hence a constitutional amendment is necessary.
While they say they want to protect traditional matrimony, many are not yet convinced that an amendment is necessary.
One of them, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, has said that he does not believe a constitutional amendment is necessary and that the decision should be left up to the states.
Daniel V. Gardner, a lobbyist at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said: "The Merkley amendment is necessary because construction is an extremely competitive, low-bid industry.
On the other hand, if a §112 amendment is necessary and narrows the patents scopeeven if only for the purpose of better descriptionestoppel may apply.
I'm not sure either amendment is necessary, however – Blanc's clafoutis is delicious, but quite ridiculously rich, while I'm left none the wiser as to what hot milk brings to the party.
In Mr. Bush's call for action last week, he argued that the drastic step of a constitutional amendment is necessary because "marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society".
Supporters of this year's measure, Proposition 102, say a constitutional amendment is necessary to prevent "politicians or judges" from overturning the state law, an apparent reference to neighboring California.
This might seem to offer a way to avoid the hard choice: no constitutional amendment is necessary, and the chance of a divergence between the electoral and popular vote would become vanishingly small.
Senator Wayne Allard, Republican of Colorado and the Senate author of the proposal, and other supporters of it believe the amendment is necessary in response to court decisions recognizing same-sex marriages despite a federal law defining marriage as between a man and a woman.
No Constitutional amendment is necessary.
