California isn't the only state trying to amend its constitution in order to define marriage as between one man and one woman. Arizona is once again attempting to deprive its citizens of basic human rights. In 2006, that state failed to pass a proposal that would have severely limited civil unions of any kind, including heterosexual ones. Now, Arizona's Prop 102 is attempting a similar, and similarly repulsive, feat. The AP reports:
PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona has been a disappointment to anti-gay marriage activists since 2006, when the state became the first in the nation to reject a ballot measure banning same-sex marriage . . . Although Arizona voters turned down the 2006 measure, there is a big difference between that one and this year's measure, Proposition 102 . . . This year's measure, as its backers point out, is 20 words: "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state."
"The simplicity of the amendment is what's going to help it pass," said Austin Nimocks, senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, one of the backers of the anti-gay marriage measure. Those 20 words would be added to the state's constitution if Proposition 102 passes. The state already has a law, enacted in 1996 and upheld in 2003 by a state appellate court, that defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman. Backers say they want the constitutional change because they're trying to prevent judges from legislating from the bench and turning it over.
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