For the record, Smith married Ole Miss classmate Virginia Donald in 1987, according to Wikipedia, and they divorced six years later. Still, Smith, like CNNâs Anderson Cooper before him, has long been a subject of intense interest by gay media.
RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution; viz. ARTICLES in addition to, and Amendment of ...
Proposing an amendment means Congress requesting the states to vote on adding an amendment to the Constitution. The states then vote in favor of (or not) the issue of the amendment being added to the Constitution (ratification - agreeing with Congress that it should be added). So.......... proposing is a function of Congress, ratification is a function of the states. Any senator or congressman can propose an amendment to the constitution but it will require a yes vote by 2/3 vote for both houses and 3/4 of the state legislatures to ratify or approve the amendment.