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To: LonelyCon
Because the New York state constitution does not provide for votes of the people.

A New York Initiative and Referendum Amendment may appear on the November 5, 2013 state ballot in New York as an legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. The proposed amendment would allow for voters to enact and amend laws through initiative and referendum.

If it passes, they could then petition for repeal of gay marriage to be put on the next state ballot. 5% of the previous gubernatorial electorate is needed ...

If the repeal is passed in the election - then the current gay marriage law is null and void ...

This just happened recently in Maine ... pro-gay marriage legislation was passed and signed into law. 6 months later it was rejected by referendum in the next election.

24 posted on 06/24/2011 10:25:06 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: Lmo56

You need to do a bit more research. How does it become an initiative and referendum? That’s where you hit a wall.


45 posted on 06/25/2011 1:56:53 AM PDT by kasius (Right Down the Middle)
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To: Lmo56
A New York Initiative and Referendum Amendment may appear on the November 5, 2013 state ballot in New York as an legislatively-referred constitutional amendment.

Technically, yes. Practically, no. Do you think a legislature that just passed fake "marriage" is going to potentially undo what it just passed with a counter attempt?

61 posted on 06/25/2011 8:07:42 AM PDT by fwdude (Prosser wins, Goonions lose.)
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