Arnold to veto gay marriage bill

[ailsagirl]

Wednesday, September 07, 2005 11:04 p.m. ET
By Jim Christie

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Wednesday he will veto a bill to allow gay marriage in the state and said the issue should be decided by the courts or by voters directly but not by the Democrat-controlled legislature.

A veto had been widely expected after California's Assembly on Tuesday endorsed gay marriage, the first time a state legislature had taken such a step. California's Senate passed the bill last week.

Schwarzenegger's press secretary, Margita Thompson, said the governor "believes that gay couples are entitled to full protection under the law and should not be discriminated against based upon their relationship."

But since California voters approved a ballot measure five years ago defining marriage as between a man and a woman, the question of gay marriage should be put to voters again in a referendum or decided by courts, she said.

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[beam me up scottie]

1. Yes, let's always ask the majority if they

think that the minority is entitled to equal rights.
It's worked SO well for us in the past, after all.
:mad:

[ailsagirl]

2. Do you believe this guy??? What a meat head

How are his poll numbers?? :eyes:

[beam me up scottie]

8. I don't know, but if the

nurses ever get a hold of him, he'll be walking funny and speaking with a high pitched voice permanently.

[ailsagirl]

9. LOL!! Give him a few years and he'll be that way naturally!!!

:rofl:

[beam me up scottie]

10. BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA !!!

:spray:
From the looks of that Speedo, it's already begun!

Poor Maria!
:rofl:

[ailsagirl]

12. You got that right!!!

:rofl: :rofl:

(we've got to find humor where we can)

[beam me up scottie]

13. Sad, isn't it?

It keeps us from crying.

If you had told me Ah-nuld would be governor of California a couple of years ago, I would have sent them after you with a net.

[ailsagirl]

16. Really. If anyone had told me five years ago we'd be where we

are today (in this country), I wouldn't have believed it.
:cry:

[Erika]

3. Maybe Ahnold and Maria will sail off to never ever land

and be rescued by the lost boys. Such a drain on a thinking society.

[Sandpiper]

4. Decided by Courts?

Someone should send Ahnuld to a Civics 101 class.

Courts don't make laws, they interpret them. The legislature makes laws, and that's what they're doing.

Ahnuld is essentially saying that the judiciary should usurp the role of the legislature.

[truebrit71]

5. I was thinking the same thing...

..but then things like that are bound to happen when you have an "actor" pretending to be governor... :eyes:

[Lindacooks]

6. Can they override?

Is that part of the procedure in California?

[safi0]

7. I don't think they have

The Votes to override it, the vote was I believe 21-15

[NVMojo]

11. I hope the people of California stick this douchebag where the sun

don't shine ...up Bush's arse!

[msgadget]

14. Call him @ 916-445-2841 (governor) -eom-

[snowbear]

15. Didn't the SOB...

Have some sort of torrid, heated, obscene, sexual episodes HIMSELF in which members of the same sex, along with women, were all involved?

And on one than more occassion.

And now he claims it's dirty and should be banned.

Oh Ahnold. You so dumb. :silly:

[paineinthearse]

17. This has been in LBN for a while. nt

[ProudDad]

18. He's a slime-ball

Don't be fooled.

He's a fascist pig and we're stuck with his fat ass until next year...

[IntravenousDemilo]

19. Wouldn't it be fun

to have a recall election in California again?