Gay union veto plan opposed

[kweerwolf]

Stunned by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's vow to veto same-sex marriage legislation -- even before the bill was printed -- its authors will delay delivering it to the governor for two weeks to give gay rights advocates an opportunity to bombard him with calls, e-mails and protests.

``The governor has said he supports the will of the people,'' said Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Los Angeles, one of the Legislature's six openly gay members. ``Well, let the people call him, let the people e-mail him, let the people be heard. Then he can say he's following the will of the people.''

The question of how Schwarzenegger, who for years had given mixed signals on his beliefs about same-sex marriage, declared so quickly he would veto it dominated the Capitol on Thursday.

After it was approved late Tuesday night, the bill, AB 849, was still being processed Wednesday when Schwarzenegger's press secretary issued a statement that the governor would veto it. That denied proponents, who at that very moment had assembled for a scheduled meeting with the governor's staff, any opportunity to lobby the governor.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/12599361.htm

[Meldread]

1. If he vetoes can he...

If he vetoes can he be recalled like Gray Davis? Last I heard gays weren't the only ones who he's pissed off and his poll numbers are low. If he vetoes then we should try and deliver some type of retribution. We should use some type of leverage to force him to either sign it or sit on it until it becomes law automatically.

[Siyahamba]

2. So there's still a chance

Knowing him, it's not likely, but we have two weeks to phone, email, snail mail, and, for those eligible and able, make constituent visits in person.

[dickthegrouch]

3. When is the demo in Sacramento?

Even though I wrote a thoroughly uncomplimentary letter to the discriminator, I hope his early announcement of the veto was to allow us to stage the biggest demonstration Sacramento has ever seen so that he can hide behind that when he reverses himself.

It would be great if he had to write the veto in front of a few hundred thousand angry GLBT folks.