Bills On Death, Marriage Stall (California Leftists Struggle For Social Issue Votes Alert)

Los Angeles Times ^ | 06/02/05 | Nancy Vogel

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Republican opponents of the bill argued that it conflicts directly with Proposition 22, an initiative voters passed in 2000 that declares: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

They told Leno to take his measure to the voters.

"The intent of Proposition 22 is very, very clear and very, very understandable," said Assemblyman Ray Haynes (R-Murrieta). "The people knew exactly what they were doing when they voted for it."

In comments that some Democrats said they found offensive, some Republicans said gay activists were trying to subvert the institution of marriage.

"We need standards in order to get along with each other to accomplish anything in a civilized society," said Assemblyman Doug La Malfa (R-Richvale). "Some of those might be defined by the Ten Commandments, the Bill of Rights or even just the laws of nature."

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Yeah, well we find the Leftists drive to rewrite the laws of nature offensive! And they struggle to get the votes to foist their radical social agenda on the people of California in an Assembly they control. Talk about schadenfreude!

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[calcowgirl]

AB19 - "Gender-neutral marriage"

    AYES
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Bass            Berg            Calderon      Canciamilla
Chan            Chu             Cohn          Coto
De La Torre     Dymally         Evans         Frommer
Goldberg        Hancock         Jones         Karnette
Klehs           Koretz          Laird         Leno
Levine          Lieber          Liu           Montanez
Mullin          Nation          Nava          Oropeza
Pavley          Ridley-Thomas   Ruskin        Saldana
Wolk            Yee             Nunez


    NOES
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Aghazarian      Arambula        Baca          Benoit
Blakeslee       Bogh            Cogdill       Daucher
DeVore          Emmerson        Garcia        Harman
Haynes          Shirley Horton  Houston       Huff
Keene           La Malfa        La Suer       Leslie
Matthews        Maze            McCarthy      Mountjoy
Nakanishi       Niello          Parra         Plescia
Richman         Sharon Runner   Spitzer       Strickland
Tran            Vargas          Villines      Walters
Wyland


    ABSENT, ABSTAINING, OR NOT VOTING
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Bermudez        Chavez          Gordon        Jerome Horton
Negrete McLeod  Salinas         Torrico       Umberg