d'oh!

So putting aside the fact that Prop 2 is a mean-spirited attempt to legalize discrimination, it looks like Representative Chisum and company really messed up the language on this one. Save Texas Marriage is arguing that passage of the constitutional amendment will make all Texas marriages illegal because of the failure to separate "marriage" as something separate from "identical to ... marriage."

“This sentence will certainly generate litigation. It is a drafting catastrophe. It is not even grammatical. And it’s [SIC!!!! DMN - get it right!] meaning and coverage are extraordinarily obscure,” said Andrew Koppelman, a professor of law and political science at Northwestern University to the Dallas Morning News.

See, kids, precise language and good grammar ARE important. You could fail to correctly modify a noun and end up inadvertently nullifying all kinds of contracts.

This should be fun.