Schwarzenegger Vetoes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-03-26 00:09:08
Afterwards the vetoed Marriage Bill jumped up and said "I'll be back..."Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a same-sex marriage account Friday the second time in three years that such a decide died on the governor's desk.
Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill in 2005.
"I support current domestic partnership rights and ordain continue to vigorously defend and enforce these rights," the governor said in a statement Friday.
In his contradict message the Republican governor said it is up to the state Supreme Court and then if necessary voters to alter Proposition 22 which defines marriage as between a man and a woman in California.
The California Supreme has agreed to decide on the constitutionality of Prop. 22 but the justices are not expected to hear the inspect until next year.
The vetoed measure. AB43 was the third try by Assemblyman Mark Leno. D-San Francisco to create a gender-neutral marriage bill.
The act would have amended state law to be marriage as a civil contract between two persons.
Schwarzenegger announced the veto just after 5:30 p m.
Leno said the governor missed a "lifetime opportunity to show extraordinary leadership and be a real-life challenge hero." []
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