- The Governor believes that the "people" spoke when they passed Proposition 22, passing a statute saying that marriage shall be defined as being between a man and a woman.
- I nosed around online, and I couldn’t find any statements during the Governor’s campaign indicated how he personally voted on Prop. 22.
- Proposition 22 is currently before the California Supreme Court — some believe the Court will find that the statute in unconstitutional.
- Proponents of preservation of the traditional family are now qualifying a "new version" of Prop. 22 that itself a Constitutional Amendment, thus it would trump any notion that the language in it was unconstitutional.
- The Governor apparently feels that because the "people have spoken" in passing Prop. 22 that he is duty-bound to be its champion… Unless and until it is struck down.
- What does that mean that the Governor is doing?
- The Governor involved in the legal dispute before the California Supreme Court, on behalf of upholding Proposition 22.
- The Governor has also vetoed (twice now) legislation codifying same-sex marriage that appears to violate Proposition 22.
- While I couldn’t tell you where the Governor stood on Prop. 22, I can tell you that as of Friday, he is publicly opposed to "upgrading" to a Constitutional Amendment.
- One can assume that the number of people who think that the first Prop. 22 was a good idea, and that the second is a bad idea, is probably pretty small.
- So we can probably figure that the Governor personally (as an individual) opposes efforts to define marriage as being only between a man and a woman.
- Though, as I mentioned, he clearly believes "as Governor" he should work to uphold Prop. 22.
- I’m pretty sure I would remember if the Governor had announced he had voted against Prop. 22 in the first place.
- Which really brings us back to the fact that his announcement that he would appose the Constitutional Amendment as pretty striking news.
- The Governor seems to strive to find ways to not be easily defined himself.
- Everyone has to have their own way of managing expectations.
- Mine for Arnold Schwarzenegger are pretty low these days.
- So while I rolled my eyes when I heard about his announcement on Friday, I quickly moved on with the rest of my day.
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