{"id":1833,"date":"2005-09-07T11:31:25","date_gmt":"2005-09-07T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/09\/07\/california-legislature-passes-same-sex-marriage-law-schwarzenegger-hints-hell-veto\/"},"modified":"2005-09-07T11:31:25","modified_gmt":"2005-09-07T18:31:25","slug":"california-legislature-passes-same-sex-marriage-law-schwarzenegger-hints-hell-veto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=1833","title":{"rendered":"California Legislature Passes Same-Sex Marriage Law; Schwarzenegger hints he'll veto"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sacramento — The state Assembly, in a stunning victory for the gay rights movement, approved a landmark bill allowing same-sex marriage Tuesday night and sent it to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.<\/p>\n

The measure, which passed with no votes to spare, marks the first time that a legislative body in the United States has approved a bill that legalizes gay marriage. Schwarzenegger has not taken an official position on the legislation but has hinted that he would veto it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Regardless of Schwarzenegger’s probable veto, this is a notable achievement. And sooner or later, a pro-gay Democrat will wind up elected to the Governor’s office.<\/p>\n

The funny part is that Schwarzenegger has said that he’ll veto because he thinks this is a decision properly made by the courts or the people – not by the legislature. As Fred Vincey of Stone Court<\/a> points out, “Governor Schwarzenegger seems to have forgotten to check his talking points with the anti-SSM establishment.”<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s not hypocritical for Schwarzenegger to disagree with the conservative consensus (Schwarzenegger has always been a bit from Bizzaro-world anyway; remember his statement that “gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman”?).<\/p>\n

So who are<\/em> the hypocrites? The thousands of anti-Same Sex Marriage (SSM) folks who, after the Massachusetts Goodridge <\/em>decision, screamed loudly that SSM is a decision for the legislature. I bet that not more than a handful of them will object to a legislature’s decision being vetoed in deference to the Courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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