Attorney General Jerry Brown has submitted a referendum that would make California the first state in the nation to get entirely out of the marriage business. I have been hoping someone, somewhere, would be serious about taking this position!

If backers get enough signatures, any new marriages in the state would only get recognized as domestic-partnership contracts:
California same-sex “marriage” supporters are collecting signatures to support a ballot initiative that would remove civil marriage from California law entirely, as well as the provision codifying marriage as between a man and a woman.

The “Domestic Partnership Initiative” proposes to categorize all unions simply as “domestic partnerships,” while retaining all the rights of marriage for heterosexual couples, and extending them to homosexual couples. According to the initiative’s summary, “Legally speaking, ‘Marriage’ itself would become a social ceremony, recognized by only non-governmental institutions.”

State Attorney General Jerry Brown submitted the official title and summary for the measure on Monday, about one week after opening arguments in lawsuits challenging Proposition 8, California’s true marriage amendment.

Now THIS is something that deserves support. All of you people who have been pissed off about Prop 8, doing marches, calling people, etc - this is something that could be successful and might be worth a bit of your time and attention.

I hope this goes through in California and I hope it comes soon to a state each of us live in.