Bible Study in Plain Language: Matthew 22:15-22

[kdavoli]

15 Then the bigots went out and laid plans to trap Jesus in his words. 16 They sent their Bible Study mavins to him along with the 700 Club members:

"Teacher," they said, "you have some rock hard cajones, and we respect that. Moreover, you aren't swayed by humans, because social status doesn't seem to matter to you, just God's Honest Truth. 17

Comments

[ls56]

they can't do that. it doesn't go to a general election until it gets passed the PA congress twice. Tho it is a bit of a dick move to have it out there now.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/VC/visitor_info/creating/constitution.htm

"Amendments to the Pennsylvania Constitution may be proposed in either the Senate or the House of Representatives but must pass in both by a majority vote of the members elected.

Three months before the next general election, the proposed amendment is published in at least two newspapers in every county. After the election, the amendment must again be approved through a majority vote of the members of the General Assembly. The amendment is again published and voted on by the entire electorate. If passed by a majority vote, the amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

No individual amendment can be submitted more often than once in five years, and when two or more amendments are submitted at once, they are voted on separately (see Article XI, Section 1 )."

[grouchyoldcoot]

Yeah, but- they knew that, right? The ban-gay-marriage amendment ploy has been used for years, and they're professionals. Why did they get the timing wrong?

Oh, maybe they did try it (or something similar) for the election 4 years ago, and that set the *5* year clock running.

[mrfishes]

What I want to know is, what happens if a county is so rural, there's only one paper in it? Or do the P-G and the Inquirer count for each of the counties they're available in, which I imagine is most of them?