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DELEGATE MITCHELL: I am going to ask the others
who have agreed to speak if they will speak in the un-
controlled time.
I would like to call on Delegate Sickles for
the last minute.
THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Sickles.
DELEGATE SICKLES: Mr. Chairman, I rise in
support of the amendment and it seems to me that there are
essentially two purposes for the amendment. I think it
offers hope in an area where hope is needed, and I think
it offers clarity in an area where clarity is needed.
If one were to go into the community where this
amendment would have the most impact, and read to him
the expression, equal protection of the laws, or the
expression due process, I am not sure if it would be
clearly understood.
But if one would say, in the Constitution we
have banned discrimination because of race, color, reli-
gion or national origin, then I believe that it would
be understood.
At a time in history when hope is needed, let us