Powered by USC Law http://mylaw.usc.edu/blogCruz Yesterday, March 19, 2009, the California Secretary of State provided an <a href="javascript:void(0);/*1237613918614*/">official summary</a> for a proposed initiative (the <a href="javascript:void(0);/*1237613989952*/">&quot;California Marriage Equality Act&quot;</a>) to re-amend the state constitution to restore same-sex couples' equal right to marry.&nbsp; Proponents will now have until August 19 to gather the not quite 700,000 signature required to qualify it to go before the voters.&nbsp; Besides repealing the section of the California Constitution added by Proposition 8, the measure specifies -- apparently to forestall some of the chief fear tactics used in the Yes on 8 campaign -- that it shall not be interpreted to change school curricula or force clergy to perform services or duties &quot;incongruent with their faith.&quot; http://mylaw.usc.edu/blogCruz/1/2009/03/ProMarriage-Equality-Initiative-Filed.cfm 2009-03-20T22:43:19-08:00 California Constitution, California Marriage Equality Act,Prop 8,marriage