Calif. Constitutional Amendment on November Ballot

From the Christian Post, Californians will get a chance to vote on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman in November.

Petitioners needed 694,354 signatures and received 1,120,801; state officials validated the results.

The California Supreme Court, however, couldn't wait and decided to make law on its own a few weeks ago, ruling that there is a right to homosexual "marriage" even though Californians passed Proposition 22 in 200 by a 61% margin defining marriage as between one man and one woman.

The November measure would define marriage in the state constitution, theoretically putting the issue beyond the reach of activist judges.

The recent court ruling in California may cause problems, however, if they do not delay implementation of that ruling until the November vote, as 10 states have asked California to do.

If the ruling is not stayed, lawsuits are expected in other states as homosexuals go to California to "get married" and return to their home states.

New York Governor David Paterson recently ordered clerks in that state to prepare to recognize homosexual "marriages" from other states, even though it is still not legal in New York. The Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) is preparing to sue Gov. Paterson for circumventing the legislature and "creating law" on his own.

Some are encouraging California clerks to engage in civil disobedience (actually, obedience to the law) and refuse to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples until the November election. Several clerks have already said they will not violate the law by issuing these licenses to couples that don't qualify according to the law.