"California Secretary of State Debra Bowen says a random check of signatures submitted by the measure's sponsors showed that they had gathered enough for it to be put to voters. The measure would amend the state constitution to define marriage as a union 'between a man and a woman.' If it is approved by a majority of voters on Nov. 4, it would overturn the recent California Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state."
California will begin issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples on June 17th so even if the ban goes in effect their could be thousands of married couples that will be legally married and in legal limbo. It is unclear whether they would be nullified if or as some legal scholars have said the Supreme Court might get called on again to settle that question. So it looks like the fight has just begun.
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