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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard, R-Colo., Monday said he would again lead the fight for a constitutional amendment creating a single definition of marriage.
Allard unsuccessfully sought an amendment to the U.S. Constitution defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman in 2004. Since then, 11 states passed their own versions of a same-sex marriage ban.
"We think we have more support this time than we had last time around," Allard told the Rocky Mountain News.
Allard's Marriage Protection Amendment faces opposition from groups that say it puts discrimination back into the U.S. Constitution.
"We've never institutionalized a slap against a community in the Constitution before, and there's no reason to do it now," Equal Rights Colorado spokeswoman Julie Tolleson said.
The debate over the definition of marriage started after the Massachusetts Supreme Court said a prohibition on same-sex marriage violated the state's constitution.
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