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Delegate Gallagher.
THE CHAIRMAU:' Delegate Gallagher.
DELEGATE GALLAOHER: Mr. Chairman, ladies and
gentlemen of the Committee, I don't think I will need
four minutes, but I think it is significant to note that
were this the 1867 Convention, that this very proposal
would be an attempt to put into the Constitution what
was then a crime.
I think that is one of the ironies of the
situation, because this is an example, a classic example
of an evolving right. I think it is a right which was
yon at considerable difficulty and sacrifice, and I think
it is a right which becomes an additional and more
significant importance as the years go by.
We have moved from an agrarian economy into
an industrialized society. The great concentration of
population continues to take place in the urban areas,
I submit that the recognition and installation
of this particular right in the Constitution will promote
the opportunities for stability within our society and
within a very large segment of our society.