August 19, 2005

"Lockyer's summary of anti-gay marriage measure upheld"

"Gay-rights advocates scored a legal victory Thursday when a judge left largely intact Attorney General Bill Lockyer's summary of a ballot measure that would outlaw same-sex marriage and repeal newly established rights for domestic partners.

Sponsors of the proposed state constitutional amendment argued that Lockyer -- a Democrat who supports gay rights -- stacked the deck against the measure with an official description that exaggerated and distorted its effect on domestic partners and underplayed its effect on marriage.

But Sacramento Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei said the formal title -- "Marriage. Elimination of Domestic Partnership Rights" -- accurately reflected a principal effect of the measure: nullifying recent state laws that granted registered domestic partners many of the same rights as spouses."

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Posted by Randy Riddle at August 19, 2005 06:54 AM