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Article: Will California's gay marriage bill spur similar measures elsewhere? California Lawmakers approve same-sex marriage, but the governor promises a veto.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 13, 2005
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Byline: Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
LOS ANGELES -- The latest struggle over who decides the legality of gay marriage - citizens, lawmakers, or the courts - played out in the nation's most populous state last week. The California legislature was the first to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, although Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has vowed to veto it.
The political stand-off raises legal issues specific to California, state and national observers say. The legislature's attempt to broaden the definition of marriage is in direct conflict with a citizens' initiative passed in 2000 defining legal marriage as between a ...