A floundering amendment.

If it's true that politics begins at home, the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment has been dealt a significant blow. At press time the Colorado house of representatives had failed to raise a simple majority to support a resolution in favor of the amendment--a significant blow because U.S. House Republican Marilyn Musgrave, author of the ban that would forever ball same-sex marriage, is herself from Colorado. Musgrave's chief of staff, Guy Short, says the congresswoman is concentrating on getting the two-thirds support she needs in the U.S. House and Senate. But the proposal needs additional nods from three fourths of the state legislatures to be added to the U.S. Constitution, and Musgrave's home state could be one of those standing in the way. Colorado Republican state representative Mark Larson said he wants to send a message to Musgrave: "The Constitution gives freedoms. It doesn't take them away."