Initiative to ban gay marriage is on California ballot

[Auggie]

San Francisco Chronicle (06-02-08)

A constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in California was placed on the Nov. 4 ballot Monday, kick-starting an election struggle that will have repercussions across the nation.

Secretary of State Debra Bowen's certification of the initiative, which would amend the state Constitution to limit marriage to a union between a man and a woman, comes as no surprise to either side of the same-sex marriage issue.

When backers of the initiative, who needed 694,354 valid signatures to make the ballot, turned in more than 1.1 million signatures, the only question was when the certification would come.

"We're not surprised by this at all and have been getting ready to run a very aggressive campaign," said Steve Smith, a senior campaign consultant to the Equality for All effort, which will try to defeat the initiative. "This (initiative) asks California voters to take away a fundamental right from same-sex couples, and we don't believe they are willing to do that."

Link: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/02/BAMJ1125FV.DTL

[mile18blister]

1. Damn. Didn't take them long, did it?

:grr:

[LeftyMom]

4. They had already turned the signatures in well before the court decision.

:(

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. Here is a link to the poll which shows that a majority of California voters support gay marriage:

http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2268.pdf

[Kajsa]

3. The Fundies don't give up, do they?

Well, let's make damn sure this goes down in flames,
come November.