Thursday, September 08, 2005

The "Governator" to terminate same-sex marriage bill

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to terminate gay marriage bill

AFP via Yahoo! News
1 hour, 10 minutes ago

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Movie hero governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will terminate the historic gay marriage legislation approved by the California legislature and put on his desk for approval, his office announced in a press release.

A majority of voters in the US state of California backed a proposition five years ago defining marriage here as the union of a man and a woman, and Schwarzenegger is standing by that mandate, said spokeswoman Margita Thompson.

"Our of respect for the will of the people, the governor will veto (the bill)," Thompson said in a written release.

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