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"Schwarzenegger to Veto Gay Marriage Bill", sayz Washingtont Post Details:

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he would veto a bill to legalize same-sex marriage "out of respect for the will of the people," drawing heated criticism from gay rights supporters and cheers from conservative groups.

The bill, narrowly passed by lawmakers in the past week, would make California the first state to legalize same-sex marriage through its legislature. In Massachusetts, recognition of gay marriages came through a court ruling.


Shelly Bailes, left, and her partner of 31 years, Ellen Pontac celebrate after the state Assembly passed a same-sex marriage bill at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. By a 41-35 vote the Assembly approved Assemblyman Mark Leno's, D-San Francisco, bill making the California Legislature the first legislative body in the country to allow same-sex marriages. The measure was approved last week by the state Senate and needs Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggers signature to become law.

But Schwarzenegger said Wednesday the legislation would conflict with the intent of voters when they approved an initiative five years ago that prevents California from recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states or countries.

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote," the governor's press secretary, Margita Thompson, said in a statement.

The socially liberal Republican governor of California, "high school with money", makes a stand for tradition? Amazing!

They still selling those parkas in hell?