Posted on 04/29/2005 10:40:43 AM PDT by FlyLow
No lawmaker is above the law or the people. Yet state legislators who are pushing AB 19 show no respect for the constitution, laws or people of California.
AB 19, which would issue same-sex "marriage" licenses in every county in California, passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee on April 26.
Coauthored by 30 Democrats, AB 19 would repeal the people's vote on marriage. Displaying these legislators' sense of superiority over the voters, AB 19 is as good or bad an example of arrogance you can find. The Democrats who have coauthored this same-sex "marriage" bill apparently think they're above the law and above the voters.
Five years ago, 61.4 percent of Californians approved Proposition 22, the Protection of Marriage Initiative. The 14 words of the initiative were carefully crafted, reading: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
The main author of AB 19, Democrat Assemblyman Mark Leno of San Francisco, claims that Prop. 22 forbids recognition of same-sex marriages from other states while allowing the creation of same-sex marriage here.
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They can CALL it anything they want, but if it is not ONE man & ONE woman, it is NOT a marriage!
Passing a law does not make a perversion right!
Does Californa provide for a constitutional amendment?
This time outlawing civil unions in addition to "alternate" form marriage.
Yes. There is already an effort to put a measure on the ballot to make Prop. 22 a constitutional amendment.
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