Previously, he has said he views marriage as a bond between a man and a woman, but he has stopped short of endorsing an amendment.
On Tuesday, Coloradans favored Hillary Clinton by a narrow majority, and they endorsed an amendment that will raise the minimum wage by more than forty per cent.
A14 Allowing Immigrant Presidents Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed an amendment to the Constitution to allow immigrants who have been American citizens for at least 20 years to run for president.
Leaders of the nation's Roman Catholic bishops, meeting on Tuesday in Washington, endorsed an amendment to the United States Constitution to effectively bar gay marriages by defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.
Mr. Schwarzenegger, who immigrated to the United States from Austria 35 years ago, on Sunday endorsed an amendment to the Constitution to allow immigrants who have been citizens for at least 20 years to run for president.
Eleven senators, including Mrs. Clinton and three Republicans, have endorsed an amendment to a Senate bill authorizing next year's Veterans Affairs budget that would prevent cutting any services without first holding public hearings to allow veterans to voice their opinions.
But Hilary Shelton, director of the Washington Bureau of the N.A.A.C.P., said his organization was "greatly disappointed that President George Bush and others have decided to enter this election cycle by endorsing an amendment that would forever write discrimination into the U.S. Constitution, rather than focusing on the crucial problems and challenges that affect the lives of all of us".
With the three men pushing for the change in the constitution, the State Legislature, the constitutional convention and the voters endorsed an amendment stating, "The aid, care and support of the needy are public concerns and shall be provided by the state".
He also endorsed an amendment to the Constitution that would require Congress to balance the federal budget each year.
So far sixteen states have passed ballot resolutions calling on Congress to propose a constitutional amendment and over one hundred and thirty members of Congress have endorsed an amendment strategy.
