Conversation on The Sacramento Press about: One Year Ago – A Day of Smiles - A Day of Tears – A Day of ActionA year ago on November 4, 2008, Proposition 8, a California ballot proposition passed in the November general election. The measure added a new section (7.5) to Article I of the California Constitution. The section reads: “Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” The proposition overturned the California Supreme Court’s ruling saying that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right, by restricting the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples. Califor...kpierce8272By: waldorfandstatlerwaldorfandstatler2009-10-08T16:44:25Z2009-10-08T16:44:25ZMarriage is not a right, all jokes about our relationship notwithstanding!
If you want to call your same sex unions 'marriage' go ahead, but don't expect the vast majority of Californians to also embrace your stance when you ask us to vote on it.waldorfandstatler2009-10-08T16:44:25Z