Constitution of the United States

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Texas Seniors Win Religious Speech Battle
In the ongoing skirmish between church, state and freedom of speech, a group of senior citizens in a small Texas town has won the right to practice their religion on government owned property.

Congressman Changes Mind on Gay Rights
Eight years ago, U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon), voted for a bill that would have banned gay and lesbian marriages. Today, Congressman Blumenauer admits regretting that vote and says he will vote against a proposed constitution amendment that would legally define marriage as the union of a man and a woman only.

Brief history of the Pledge of Allegiance
As written in 1892, the Pledge of Allegiance didn't even include the words "under God." Who wrote the Pledge and where did the constitutionally controversial reference to God come from? Read the brief history of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Federal Marriage Amendment - H.J. Res 56
Text of a congressional resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would legally define marriage as the union between a man and a woman only.