Schwarzenegger vetoes gay marriage bill

MSNBC ^ | AP

[minus_273]

SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger followed through Thursday on his promise to veto a bill to legalize gay marriage in California, 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. “If the ban of same-sex marriage is unconstitutional this bill is not necessary. If the ban is constitutional this bill is ineffective.”

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

"With the way things have been going in the courts, do you think it's more appropriate to call it "judicial terrorism" instead of "judicial activism"?"

I don't think so, myself. They like to kill those so innocent they don't even know to be scared.

[Chris Phillips]

The Gays don't want civil unions. The whole agenda behind the Gay Marriage movement is to force up tight homophobes to adsept the gay life style.They don't want equal rights they want attention.Proof; ever seen a gay pride parade?Disgusting behavoir intended to shock the masses.Why don't staight people have vulgar pornogrphic parades to celebrate their hetrosexualty?;)

[Dashing Dasher]

Can we just abide by PROP 22?


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.