But the proposed amendment was defeated by 167 votes to 137 in the House of Lords last week.
Environment Minister Edwin Poots said the proposed amendment would be a "fundamental reversal on what had already been agreed".
The Justice Minister told BBC's Sunday Sequence that the proposed amendment could potentially make some methods of contraception currently available illegal.
By law, a proposed amendment becomes part of the Constitution as soon as it is ratified by three-fourths of the States.
He said the bill might have gone through if the proposed amendment had been passed for more "traditionalist" members of the church.
Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, withdrew his proposed amendment to provide U.S. citizens the right to sponsor their same-sex partners for green cards.
Webb's spokeswoman, Kristian Denny Todd, said Webb does oppose gay marriage but also opposes the proposed amendment on the grounds it would hurt many other couples as well.
The proposed Amendment also specifies a cap on federal spending equal to 19.9% of GDP, limiting federal spending again to the long term average for the past 70 years.
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And the Senate rejected a proposed amendment that would have prohibited lenders (credit card lenders included) from charging an interest rate on any credit transaction (except real estate) that exceeds the maximum interest rate allowed by state law.
Byron Dorgan of North Dakota successfully proposed an amendment to weaken the guest workers provision.
Ted Cruz of Texas, who has proposed an amendment that dismantles the pathway to U.S. citizenship.
But other prominent Republicans are not rushing to embrace the proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
Speaking for the SDLP, Dominic Bradley proposed an amendment recognising the contribution made by the various education sectors.
David Vitter, a Louisiana Republican, proposed an amendment that repealed the entire law.
Hatch has proposed an amendment that would clarify that moneys in a TSP could be subject to levy for back taxes.
In Minnesota they defeated a proposed constitutional amendment, modeled on federal law, that would have banned same-sex marriage in the state.
She proposed an amendment to the Scottish Government's motion acknowledging this point.
She proposed an amendment to ensure all UK residents are covered by clinical commissioning groups (CGCs) - which are to replace Primary Care Trusts.
Richard Gallo, the group's lobbyist, said "imminent risk" occurs when a patient reaches "a crisis stage, " and the association has proposed an amendment to say that.
And Ed Randall, who proposed the amendment, said the Office for Budget Responsibility, which the government relies on for its economic forecasts, had become a "laughing stock".
Earlier this year Lord Falconer and others proposed an amendment to the Coroners and Justice Bill that would have legalised assisting suicide overseas in cases of terminal illness.
As a new telecommunications bill was being hammered out in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the debate picked up when Democratic Congressman Ed Markey proposed an amendment.
Facebook has had a quiet experiment in democracy for the past few years, where if more than 7, 000 people leave a comment on a proposed policy amendment, it triggers a vote.
Mr Coaker proposed an amendment to the bill ensuring that parents and local education authorities would be consulted before capital money was used to build free schools, which he branded an "experiment".
Ohio Congressman Donald Pease proposed the amendment that caused taxpayers whose adjusted gross income (AGI) exceeded a threshold to lose 3% of their itemized deductions for each dollar they earned above the threshold.
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It has proposed an amendment to the pact that would replace the legally binding language with a provision that retailers that failed to live up to the standards be publicly expelled from the program.
Fortunately for him, however, he had no real constitutional power to do anything other than to act as a sideline cheerleader for a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed civil unions but not same-sex marriage.
"We are considering the proposed voluntary amendment as the best path to get Unit 2 safely up and running before the hottest months of the year hit our region, " SCE President Ron Litzinger said in a statement.
The proposed Balanced Budget Amendment would also include a supermajority requirement to raise taxes.
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Labour peer Lord Rooker, who proposed the original amendment, said it set a dangerous precedent for future referendums.
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