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Calif. Rejects Gay Marriage Amendment
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 10, 2005 07:18pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Wednesday, May 11, 2005 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By STEVE LAWRENCE
The Associated Press
Tuesday, May 10, 2005; 7:09 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A committee of state lawmakers Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages and strip away a long list of rights granted domestic partners in recent years.
The Assembly Judiciary Committee rejected an amendment offered by Republican Assemblyman Ray Haynes, who claimed the proposal would strengthen the intent of voters who approved a ballot measure five years ago that prevents the state from recognizing gay marriages performed elsewhere.
Other laws bar same-sex marriages from taking place in California.
Haynes said the Legislature and the courts had "eviscerated" the meaning of the law banning gay marriages and made up legal arguments to determine it was unconstitutional.
"When the people said only that marriage could be between a man and a woman, they knew exactly what they were talking about," he said. "The words were clear. The meaning was clear. The intention was clear."
Opponents of the amendment said it was an attempt to repeal domestic partners' rights. Since 1999, the Legislature has approved a series of bills recognizing domestic partnerships and granting them most of the rights given married couples, including the right to sue for wrongful death of a partner and to adopt a partner's child. |
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