11.   Gov. George Pataki has been noncommittal on supporting such an amendment.

12.   If such an amendment became part of the Constitution, school prayer would become legally untouchable by any court.

13.   If that were true, then why the hysteria to pass such an amendment?

14.   It was common knowledge, widely repeated, that such an amendment could result in uni-sex restrooms.

15.   Landrieu said her need to make good on campaign pledges to support such an amendment overrode her reservations.

16.   Nonetheless, Majority Leader Trent Lott and House Speaker Newt Gingrich have pledged to confront the president next month with a vote on such an amendment.

17.   Nor would Gingrich feel honor-bound to comply voluntarily, out of principle, with such an amendment.

18.   Prodded by the Citizens Flag Alliance, forty-eight states have passed resolutions calling for such an amendment.

19.   Second, as a purely practical matter, such an amendment would make it more difficult than it is now for Congress to choose responsible budget options.

20.   Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyoming, wants the two issues combined into one bill and will seek such an amendment, putting the two at loggerheads.