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The Threat In November
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Drum has information on the ballot initiative that would reverse today's ruling:
...the initiative to strike down their ruling has already gathered over a million signatures and is just waiting for verification from the Secretary of State before it goes on the November ballot. It's 14 words long, identical to the wording of Prop 22 back in 2000: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." This time, however, it's a constitutional initiative, not a statutory initiative, so if it passes it will be immune to court challenges.
Prop 22 passed overwhelmingly with 63% of the vote. Has 13% of the state decided to relax since then and allow gay couples to live in peace? We're about to find out.
That was eight years ago before marriages had become legal in California and Massachusetts. The current polling shows the state evenly divided.
(Photo: Christmas Leubrie wears a pro same-sex marriage button on her dress as she awaits a California Supreme Court decision to overturn the ban on same-sex marriage at the California Supreme Court May 15, 2008 in San Francisco, California. By Justin Sullivan/Getty.)
