Pathetic! Being marriage is a religious institution, and nearly every respected one condemns it, how can anyone support such a thing?
Posted on 04/11/2008 4:28:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SAN DIEGO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says that if an initiative to ban gay marriage qualifies for the November ballot, he's prepared to fight it.
California's governor spoke Friday in San Diego at the convention of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's largest gay Republican group.
He has previously vetoed bills that would have legalized gay marriage. A Schwarzenegger spokeswoman did not say what prompted the governor to shift his position.
Schwarzenegger said he was confident a ban would never pass in California and called the effort "a waste of time."
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The 2 faces of aRnie..
NEVER TRUST A RINO!!!!
Tell that to diehard McCain SUPPORTERS: B-C that’s exactly what we’re gonna get if he becomes President!
Such an initiative would win by a wide margin.
And Ahnuld knows it.
If this is on the ballot in November, then California is at risk of becoming a purple state, this will not make the unions and everything else that Arnold’s gotten sucked into happy, thus he’d have to oppose it.
The Terminator: “I’ll be brokeback!!!”
D’oh, Arnie. And here I thought you were a conservative Republican. /sarc
::rolls eyes::
Let the record clearly show that it has been well documented here on FR that Schwarzenegger is the road map for what a McCain presidency will look like.
"Maria"
I recall the homos were trying to out Arnie when he ran for governor to throw the election. They seem to be getting what they wanted. Maybe they were right about Arnie's gay escapades. I'm not sure Maria approves.
Trying to sell your third party WackOs who will put in far worse than McCain.
Pathetic! Being marriage is a religious institution, and nearly every respected one condemns it, how can anyone support such a thing?
California’s first lady (I refuse to capitalize in this case) should change her name from Maria to Jezebel.
updated version of ap piece
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Schwarzenegger says he would fight efforts to ban gay marriage
http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/414227.html
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he would fight an initiative to amend the California Constitution to ban gay marriage if it qualifies for the November ballot.
Schwarzenegger said he was confident that such an amendment, which already are on the books in 26 other states, would never pass in California and called it a “waste of time.”
“I will always be there to fight against that,” Schwarzenegger said, prompting loud cheers and a standing ovation from about 200 people at the annual convention of the Log Cabin Republicans, the nation’s largest gay Republican group.
The Austrian-born governor immediately cracked that he wished activists would instead focus on passing an amendment to allow naturalized citizens to run for president.
A Schwarzenegger spokeswoman, Julie Soderlund, said it was the first time the governor publicly stated opposition to the measure, though he has held the view for “some time.”
“He has said he supports the will of the people and would enforce the rule of the court but does not support an initiative to change the Constitution,” she said.
Schwarzenegger made his remarks during a brief question-and-answer session with Log Cabin’s president, Patrick Sammon, who asked the governor about his position on two anti-gay marriage measures proposed by competing groups in California. Besides limiting marriage to heterosexuals, one measure would revoke the spousal rights and tax benefits currently extended to same-sex couples under state laws.
“The topic was planned, the answer was not,” Sammon said after the lunch. “I’m delighted and really excited.”
Geoffrey Kors, executive director of the gay rights group Equality California, said Schwarzenegger’s opposition could keep a marriage ban from qualifying and would be significant in defeating one if it does.
“We were thrilled. We have been asking him to do this,” said Kors, whose group’s volunteers have been working to persuade people not to sign petitions for the proposed initiative. “The governor’s support to defeat it is critical.”
Kors said Schwarzenegger’s stand has precedent. In 1978, former Republican Gov. Ronald Reagan came out against a ballot initiative that would have made it illegal for gay men and lesbians to work as teachers in California public schools, an act that “made gay rights issues nonpartisan,” Kors said.
Schwarzenegger has vetoed bills that would have legalized gay marriage, saying that he thinks the question should be up to voters or the courts, not lawmakers. He is a defendant in a group of lawsuits brought by same-sex couples seeking to overturn the state’s longtime statutory ban on gay marriage. A ruling in the case is expected soon from the California Supreme Court.
In the message that accompanied his October veto of a measure that would have made California the second state after Massachusetts to legalize same-sex marriage, the governor said he does not believe in discriminating against couples based on their sexual orientation. He said he supports state laws that give domestic partners many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage.
Thank God he cannot become President. McCainiac is nightmare enough.
Arhnold has adopted McCain’s position.
Rnold... you'er such a girly man!!!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
He’s obviously growing in office.
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