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·         Limit on Marriage. Constitutional Amendment.
Summary Date: 11/29/07 Qualified: 06/02/08 Signatures Required: 694,354
Proponents: Dennis Hollingsworth, Gail J. Knight, Martin F. Gutierrez, Hak-Shing William Tam, and Mark A. Jansson c/o Andrew Pugno (916) 608-3065
Amends the California Constitution to provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: The measure would have no fiscal effect on state or local governments. This is because there would be no change to the manner in which marriages are currently recognized by the state. (Initiative 07-0068.)
(Full Text)
SECTION I. Title
This measure shall be known and may be cited as the “California Marriage Protection Act.”
SECTION 2. Article I. Section7.5 is added to the California Constitution to read:
Sec. 7.5. Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.

IT IS A LIE BECAUSE-The petition was circulated when the anti-gay groups KNEW the marriage issue was in the Courts prior to ther submission to the SOS and Legal Analyst and FAILED TO DISCLOSE IT.  THE INTENTIONAL MISLEAD SIGNERS OF THE PETITION.  The knew the law was in a state of flux.

IT IS A LIE BECAUSE-The circulated petition is deceptive.  Iit claims “no fiscal impact” and “no change to California’s marriage laws.” It was true duing the signatue gathering drive but the anti-gay forces knew that the Court was considering the question of whether to extend mariage to opposit-gender couples under the CA Constitution.  Ergo, they also knew that this legal assessment by the Attorney General’s office amd the fiscal analysis by the Legislative Analyst might be substantially different sometime prior to the election.  Nevertheless the anti-gay forces contiued in their signature-gathering drive and misrepresentation of the possible fiscal and legal impact of the measure.