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Live Update from Hearings on Constitutional Amendments: III

May 10, 2005
2:45 P.M.


The Senate Judiciary Committee just announced that Senate Constitutional Amendment
1, by Senator Bill Morrow (R-Oceanside) failed to pass with a 5-2 vote. In a
dramatic double failure today for Lou Sheldon and the Traditional Values Coalition,
both proposed anti-gay constitutional amendments did not pass the state legislature.


This is a major defeat to the anti-gay extremists who use bait-and-switch tactics to
mislead and divide voters. Elected officials hammered away today at anti-gay
extremists for disguising their real intentions to deny basic legal protections and
responsibilities to gay and lesbian couples and their families through California's
domestic partnership laws.

Our community must build upon this momentum and stand together against any future
attacks on our families. Those who preach hate are not going away. They are
determined to hurt us and to harm our families, and they will continue to do so no
matter the cost. They have gone to court, and lost. They have gone to the
legislature, and lost. Now they say they will go to the voters where they will use
fear and hate to try and convince people that one group of Californians should be
denied equality. We cannot--we will not--let them prevail.

Today was a victory for our community and a reminder of how important it is for all
of us to stay involved and be visible.

Yours,


Steve Hansen
Associate Director of Legislative Affairs
Equality California

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