"California's Defense of Marriage Act, the result of the Proposition 22 ballot initiative, states, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Sixty-one percent of California voters passed the measure in March 2000."
The constitutionality of what the voters passed in 2000 will be decided today at 10:00am.
And for the actual 3 hour argument from both sides please check out my email on 03/04/2008.
But check this out!!! Even if the California Supreme Courts deems the voters Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional check out what the voters have been up to for the past 5 months.
California Marriage Amendment Headed to Ballot-""The fact that we will turn in 1.1 million signatures is unprecedented, coming from the grassroots and the churches of this state...The amendment to the state constitution would protect marriage from the courts and the Legislature...The idea that California voters should be the ones to decide this is an idea that resonates with people."
http://www.protectmarriage.com/-"Official web site of the California Marriage Protection Act"
America Votes to Protect Marriage-Check out the demographic graph of states that have already amended their constitutions. "In 2004, thirteen states passed constitutional amendments that defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The measure received more votes than either presidential candidates, George W. Bush or John Kerry, in all but one state. Four other states had previously amended their constitutions, and two more passed marriage amendments in 2005. In August 2006, Alabama became the twentieth state to protect marriage with a constitutional amendment. Seven additional states passed constitutional amendments on November 7, 2006 (Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin). Arizona became the first state in which a marriage amendment did not pass—narrowly losing 49 percent to 51 percent. In an election year marked by victory for Democrats, the passage of seven of eight marriage amendments—27 overall—demonstrates that support for marriage transcends party affiliation." However, Arizona House just....
Ariz. House OKs amendment to ban same-sex marriage-"The current Arizona legislative proposal backed by social conservatives would define marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The 2006 version had that wording plus a provision that was widely interpreted as targeting civil unions and domestic partnerships."-05/12/2008
I am quite surprised the media hasn't itself focused as much attention on this subject as has Americans despite lack of media coverage!!!! It seems this would make for high ratings on national TV programs but oh yeah I forgot that this doesn't support liberal/progressive politics and we sure don't want conservative politics spreading to other states nor have any limelight in the public media so we will focus only on the negatives of our opponents that aren't so popular with Americans and hide our unpopular negatives. What was I thinking???
Other quick news blip which has been deemphasized in the media at the expense of Bushs' approval ratings:
Congress approval rating at an all time low-this came in one of my email updates from The Heritage Foundation. Approval rating lower then Bush job rating which you can find here. This is an interesting polling site so I will give its home page here. http://www.pollingreport.com/.
Lastly:
I was listening to this 30 minute program on TBN this morning as I was getting the kids ready for school and found it interesting enough to pas on quickly in this email at http://www.rodparsley.com/WatchNow.aspx.
Yanking Back the Balance/Filling in the Gaps/Emphasizing the Missing Headlines
"The Republican-led House's vote was mostly along party lines, with Democrats Jack Brown of St. Johns and Pete Rios of Hayden voting for the resolution. Tucson Republicans Pete Hershberger and Jennifer Burns voted against it."-Arizona Central commenting on how each party voted in the House in Arizona on this popular with American voters amendment?
