[calcowgirl]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050929-1604-ca-gaymarriage.html
Schwarzenegger vetoes gay marriage bill
Steve Lawrence
AP-San Diego Union-Tribune
September 29, 2005

SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger followed through Thursday on his promise to veto a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, saying the issue should be decided by voters or the courts.
"This bill simply adds confusion to a constitutional issue," the Republican governor said in a veto message.

Schwarzenegger said he would veto the bill Sept. 7, a day after the Legislature became the first in the country to approve a bill allowing gays and lesbians to wed.

Schwarzenegger said the bill by gay Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, contradicted Proposition 22, which was approved by voters in 2000 and said only a marriage between a man and woman is valid.

While a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled that the ban is unconstitutional, Schwarzenegger noted that the case is before a state appeals court and will likely be decided by the California Supreme Court.

"If the ban of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional this bill is not necessary," he said. "If the ban is constitutional this bill is ineffective."

He said the state Constitution barred the Legislature from enacting a law allowing gay marriage without another vote of the people.

Eddie Gutierrez, a spokesman for Equality California, a gay rights group that supported the bill, said Schwarzenegger had merely delayed the day when gay marriage is legal.

"We are extremely disappointed with the governor's decision," he said. "By denying us marriage equality he has turned a back to our community."

[calcowgirl]

ping ;-)

[NormsRevenge]

who says ya can't have it both ways? ;-)

Wikipedia..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Schwarzenegger

excerpt ,,

In February 2004 when San Francisco city mayor Gavin Newsom ordered a change in the certificate application documents to allow for same-sex marriages, Governor Schwarzeggger opposed the move as being beyond the powers of the mayor, but also said that he supports gay rights and has expressed support for a law to grant civil unions to gay couples.

[calrighty]

"By denying us marriage equality "

HUH??

[uncitizen]

"By denying us marriage equality he has turned a back to our community."

Turning your back to these guys could be dangerous Arnold. Just don't bend over if you drop something.

[beltfed308]

"We are extremely disappointed with the governor's decision," he said. "By denying us marriage equality he has turned a back to our community."

Thats ok I would not turn my back to you either.