Schwarzenegger vetoes homosexual marriage bill

[Soldier4Christ]

Schwarzenegger vetoes homosexual marriage bill

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed another homosexual marriage bill Friday, saying voters and the state Supreme Court, not lawmakers, should decide the issue.

The Republican governor turned down a measure by Assemblyman Mark Leno that would have defined marriage as a union between two people, not just a man and a woman. Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill from Leno, a San Francisco Democrat, in 2005 and has said he would veto all such bills.

The California Supreme Court is likely to rule next year on whether the state's voter-approved ban on homosexual marriage violates the constitution.

Schwarzenegger said in his veto message that Californians "should not be discriminated against based upon their sexual orientation." He said he supports state laws that give domestic partners many of the rights and responsibilities of marriage.

Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, a gay rights group, said the veto was "hypocrisy at its worst."

"We find it shocking for the governor to say he opposes discrimination based on sexual orientation and then veto a bill that would have ended discrimination based on sexual orientation," Kors said.

[David_james]

I see nothing hypocritical about this. Good job Arnold

[Soldier4Christ]

Seeing as how he passed this bill:

http://forums.christiansunite.com/index.php?topic=20019.0

unfortunately I would have to agree Schwarzenegger is being hypocritical. He should have vetoed both bills.