In Georgia, some Democrats have tried to rebuff the constitutional efforts by suggesting an amendment that includes a ban on adultery.
Toleration has been as important in practice as it has been in theory, as a conceptual foundation for such basic liberal practices as the separation of church and state and constitutional efforts to protect individuals' ability to act in accordance with their deepest convictions.
The Christian right has been involved in legislative or constitutional efforts to crack down on the LGBT populations of Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe as well.
Could a similar--albeit constitutional effort promote trustworthy behavior in the financial system?
I was involved in the 1995-1996 constitutional drafting effort, as an expert advisor to the parliamentary committee drafting the text.
Central government appears to be focussing its remaining constitutional reform efforts on strengthening the economic powers of the English city regions, such as Birmingham, Manchester and Sheffield, with Cameron meeting city leaders on Monday to discuss their proposals for greater financial independence.
The government is trying "to use this as a tool in order to produce more violence and more repression in Venezuela," National Assembly President Julio Borges told CNN of the constitutional reform efforts on Wednesday.
Anyone who lived through the 1980s and 1990s will remember how influential constitutional amendment efforts were to ban flag burning, to balance the budget, to ban gay marriage, and to guarantee equal rights for women.
"Essentially what they're saying is a single payer system (through the government) would be constitutional, but an effort to regulate the private market is unconstitutional.
