Gov. Rejects Gay Marriage Bill, "Pandering To The Far Right"...

THe Los Angeles Times   |  Michael Finnegan and Maura Dolan   |   September 8, 2005 07:51 AM

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A day after California's Legislature became the first in the nation to pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced through an aide Wednesday that he would veto the measure "out of respect for the will of the people."

In a careful statement, Schwarzenegger press secretary Margita Thompson invoked the voter approval in March 2000 of Proposition 22, which said: "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."

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