The Sacramento Bee reports that supporters of gay marriage in California have decided to wait until the 2012 election to push a ballot measure that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. Leaders of Equality California said today they will not put the measure on next year's ballot, and will concentrate their efforts on the 2012 election.
Backers of gay marriage had initially thought they could overturn Proposition 8, the gay marriage ban passed by voters last November, in the 2010 election. But more cautious supporters said they would have a better chance of success in 2012, which is a presidential election. That would bring a higher voter turnout, including more Democratic and younger voters, to the polls than in an off-year election.
Proposition 8 defined marriage in California as only "between a man and a woman."
Proposition 8 detractors are sitting quietly by the river with their fingers crossed hoping that AB 2567 doesn't float by unsigned.
Well I don't mind taking a break from all the bickering; however, that is easy for me to say since I am allowed to marry and have not been denied that right.
same sex marriage is illegal now. It will be illegal in 2012.
It will never end because both sides will keep the fight going and if by some chance they get it passed then the opponents will fight it to.