HomeMy WebLinkAbout22346 - RESOLUTIONS - 9/17/2008 RESOLUTION NO. 22346
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, IN OPPOSITION TO
PROPOSITION 8, THE CALIFORNIA MARRIAGE
PROTECTION ACT, FOR THE NOVEMBER, 4, 2008,
CALIFORNIA GENERAL ELECTION.
WHEREAS, on the November 4, 2008, California General Election Ballot, will be an
initiative Proposition 8; and
WHEREAS, according to the Secretary of State, this measure shall be known and may
be cited as the "California Marriage Protection Act;" and
WHEREAS, the initiative measure would add Article I, Section 7.5, to the California
Constitution as follows: "Sec. 7.5 Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or
recognized in California;" and
WHEREAS, equality under the law is a fundamental Federal and California
constitutional guarantee; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2007, the City Council approved joining an amicus
curiae brief in support of the City of San Francisco's lawsuit regarding the
constitutionality of California's marriage laws in the In re Marriage Cases, before the
California Supreme Court.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council does oppose Proposition 8, the "California Marriage
Protection Act."
ADOPTED THIS 17T" DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2008.
David H. Rea y, City Manager
ATTEST:
/j�`mes Thompson, City Clerk
Resolution No. 22346
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 22346 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 17t' day of September,
2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Hutcheson, Mayor Pro Tern Foat, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: Councilmember Mills and Councilmember Weigel.
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