CA Marriage foes fight to keep initiative on ballot
Topix Gay News Jul 01 08
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 Marriage foes fight to keep initiative on ballot Sponsors of an initiative to restore the state's ban on same-sex marriage have told the state Supreme Court that a suit by gay-rights groups seeking to remove the measure from the Nov. 4 ballot would violate Californians' right to change their Constitution. The pre-election challenge "unnecessarily deprives the people of their initiative power" and would, if successful, "prevent Californians from defining marriage for themselves," lawyers for Proposition 8 backers argued in papers filed Monday. The proposed state constitutional amendment would overturn the court's May 15 ruling that granted gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. Full story...
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