[SmithL]

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote,"

Bingo!

[samiam1972]

Woo-hoo!!

[the Deejay]

No surprise to me.

I knew he'd veto it, soon as I
heard about this "vote."

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Wonderful!

[kellynla]

We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote

Well I guess someone is paying attention in Sacramento after all.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Yeah, I respect him for this. But the joke is, domestic partners are pretty much the same thing. So woohoo, people, you've protected a word.

[ladyinred]

Love that Arnie! He knows we the voters do not want this!

[va4me]

The Republican governor had indicated in previous statements that he would veto the bill, saying the debate over same-sex marriage should be decided by voters or the courts.

The courts?????

[pollywog]

Yahoo........calling the Governor's office tomorrow. That is GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Spunky]

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote,"

The Demon Rats do that to us all the time here in Washington State.

[Exton1]

Homosexuals are not DISCRIMINATED against, because being HETEROSEXUAL is not a prerequisite to get married. Not one State in the Union requires you to prove your heterosexual to get married. Gays can get married like anyone else, and like everyone else they must marry someone of the opposite sex.

[uncitizen]

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote,"

Happens all the time out here in Cali.

Thank you Governor Schwarzenegger!

[zendari]

I wish people here wouldn't bash Arnold so much. RINO or not he is the best we can get in California.

[zendari]

Terminated!

[mzbzybee]

He better damn well veto it.

[television is just wrong]

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote,"

Bingo!

Now it is about time.

[Grampa Dave]

Bravo!

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote," the governor's press secretary, Margita Thompson, said in a statement. "Out of respect for the will of the people, the governor will veto (the bill)."

Does anyone have any doubt that the maggot Davis would have signed this bill as soon as it hit his desk?

[Dashing Dasher]

PROP 22 BABY!!!


California Proposition 22

On March 7, 2000, the people of California voted on Proposition 22, a proposal to enact a state "Defense of Marriage Act" as an initiative statute. The text of Prop 22 reads:

“Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.”

Proposition 22 was ratified by an overwhelming majority of California voters, prevailing by a 23-point margin. Statewide, 4,618,673 votes were cast in favor of the proposition, comprising 61.4% of the total vote. Opponents garnered 2,909,370 votes, for 38.6% of the vote.

Final vote counts revealed that Proposition 22 won in 52 of California's 58 counties, including all of the major metropolitan areas except for San Francisco. The six counties which did not approve Prop. 22 were all in the immediate San Francisco Bay area, including: Alameda county, Marin county, San Francisco county, Santa Cruz county, Sonoma county, and Yolo county.

Full election returns are available on the California Secretary of State website (PDF - 73KB). http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2000_primary/measures.pdf

[jw777]

AMEN! The legislature should have been at work on the budget, the border and education rather than an initiative to overturn the will of the people, a la Prop 187. Which I am still pissed about!