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Arnold Schwarzenegger Watch: Gay Marriage Veto

Gay News from 365Gay.com has Schwarzenegger Mum Ahead Of Gay Marriage Vote.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is refusing to tip his hand ahead of Tuesday’s landmark vote in the Assembly on legislation that would allow same-sex couples to marry.

The Senate passed the bill on a 21 to 15 vote last Thursday. (story)

The measure failed by four votes in the Assembly earlier this year when a quarter of the Democrats voted with Republicans to reject it and a handful abstained from voting. (story)

This time, Equality California, the state’s largest LGBT rights group, believes it has the votes to pass the bill. The organization has been focusing its lobbying effort on the four assemblymembers who abstained.

Called the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, the bill would require local clerks to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples but allow people opposed to gay marriage to refuse to conduct weddings.

If the bill makes it through the Assembly, California would be the first state to pass gay marriage equality legislation. In Massachusetts, the only state where same-sex marriage currently is legal, it was the state Supreme Court that made the decision.

Whether Schwarzenegger will sign it into law is another matter.

Flap can tell you.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will NOT alienate his conservative Republican base.

How many ways can you spell VETO!

Ben’s Law explains the legalese.

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