So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

a widely-publiJack Kingstond University professor who co-founded the National Reading Conference. Kingston is a fiscal and social conservative opposing abortion and supporting tax cuts. " In June 2007 his bill was referred by a Democratic congress to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood Elementary and Secondary Education.

He is a member of the Republican Party. John Heddens "Jack" Kingston (born April 24 1955) is the U.