Opponents of Marriage Amendment File Suit to Remove It from the November Ballot,...

Opponents of Marriage Amendment File Suit to Remove It from the November
Ballot, Silencing the Voters

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following
statement was issued today by ProtectMarriage.com -- Opponents of the
California Marriage Amendment, which would restore marriage in California as
only a man and a woman, filed a petition today asking the California Supreme
Court to remove the proposed initiative from the November ballot, thereby
silencing voters on this important issue.
Based on the recent California Supreme Court's ruling that led to the
issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex partners this week, today's lawsuit
contends that restoring the definition of marriage in the State Constitution
cannot be legally accomplished by voter initiative, but rather must be passed
through a different process for constitutional "revisions."
Attorneys for the ProtectMarriage.com coalition, which is sponsoring the
Marriage Amendment, said the lawsuit seeking to remove the initiative from the
ballot is based on "flimsy" legal arguments and will likely be rejected by the
court.
"This is an act of desperation," said Ron Prentice chairman of the
ProtectMarriage.com coalition which is sponsoring the Marriage Amendment. "The
voters deserve a chance to vote on this important issue, but our extremist
opponents want to silence the voters. This will only energize public support
for overturning the court's decision."
SOURCE ProtectMarriage.com

Frank Schubert, +1-916-849-6627, ProtectMarriage.com