Political Showdowns over Gay Marriage
Jack Leonard, for the Los Angeles Times, has written about the upcoming “political showdown” in California over gay marriage. Yesterday, the California secretary of state said that the gay marriage initiate would be on the November 4 ballot. Voters will have to decide whether there should be a state constitutional amendment to define marriage as a union “between a man and a woman.” 1.1 million people signed a petition for the ballot measure after the California Supreme Court overturned a ban on same-sex marriage. Officials “are expected to begin performing same-sex marriage ceremonies this month.” There is also an article in today’s New York Times about a lawsuit filed by New York lawmakers to block Governor David. A. Paterson’s “order for state agencies to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside New York.” The suit is supported by the Christian group, the Alliance Defense Fund.
June 4th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Just because they have enough votes to get it on the ballot does not mean it’s a done deal.
When the Massachusetts State Supreme Court ruled to legalize gay marriage in 2003 Romney & his cronies tried everything to stop it but failed. Even after gay marriages were performed they tried to get an amendment on to the ballot until June 14th, 2007 when it was finally defeated in the State House. For those who are still uncomfortable with gay marriage check out our short produced to educate & defuse the controversy. It has a way of opening closed minds & provides some sanity on the issue: www.OUTTAKEonline.com