31.   But he favors outlawing a late-term abortion procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion and supports a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing equal rights for women.

32.   But J. Brent Walker, general counsel for the Baptist Joint Committee for Public Affairs, said the proposed amendment was unnecessary.

33.   But in an interview Friday evening, Franks said Gingrich promised him last month that the leadership would support his proposed amendment.

34.   But Johnson noted it will take a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly to approve a proposed constitutional amendment, which then must be approved by voters.

35.   But Shaw noted that the language in the proposed amendment did not protect any category of federal funding, including the Defense Department.

36.   But this proposed amendment would backfire.

37.   By casting the proposed amendment as a religious liberty measure, religious conservatives think they have a legislative winner.

38.   But very few House members have seen the actual wording of the proposed amendment, which was negotiated privately just before Congress took its spring break.

39.   Casinos would be legalized, too, under a proposed constitutional amendment filed by state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.