Washington D.C., Sep 8, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Yesterday, the office of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would veto a bill legalizing same sex marriage, saying that it was counter to the will of the people. Today, while gay-marriage advocates are up in arms, many pro-family groups are praising the governor’s decision.
Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women for America‘s Culture and Family Institute said that, "Gov. Schwarzenegger has done the right thing in promising to veto this illegal bill. It's evidence that CWA of California and other pro-family groups got their message through to him: 'We don't want counterfeit marriage.'"
"The California Constitution”, he added, “clearly states that the Legislature cannot overturn a Proposition vote unless they put another Proposition on the topic to the voters, who spoke loudly and clearly with Proposition 22 in 2000 that they want marriage to remain marriage.”
The passage of the AB 849 made the California state legislature the first such body in the country to legalize same-sex marriage without a court mandate.