# Constitutional Convention - what should be proposed? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 18, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-convention-what-should-be-proposed/991765 "2023-10-18T20:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-convention-what-should-be-proposed/991765/181 "2025-06-17T00:06:31Z")
I support all of those policies but I would urge my fellow libs to keep them out of the new constitution. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-convention-what-should-be-proposed/991765/182 "2025-06-17T00:29:08Z")
I mostly concur, but I disagree- the right of any two adult humans to marry should be a right. So, yeah I would like to add the right to same sex marriage in there. The rest should be laws. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-convention-what-should-be-proposed/991765/183 "2025-06-17T06:07:52Z")
Or you list general principles of rights, as the [European Convention](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights) and our [Human Rights Act](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Act_1998) do, and then IME it’s the Conservatives who object to the courts’ interpretation of them as applied to the cases brought up, and in effect demand that the political institutions re-litigate them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/constitutional-convention-what-should-be-proposed/991765.md?page=9)