California lawmakers are looking to fundamentally alter the definition of marriage in their state, setting their sights on the November elections where voters can approve the right for polygamous marriage, child marriage, and incestuous relationships, according to a state watchdog group.
Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 (ACA 5) or the “Freedom to Marry” initiative passed in the California House and Senate last year.
Now voters will be able to decide whether they want to permanently change the definition of marriage in the state’s constitution. In 2008, California voters passed Proposition 8 adding to the state constitution that marriage is only between a man and a woman.
If the new measure receives majority approval from voters, then it will erase the language that defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman.
While a coalition of left-leaning groups, including Equality California, plan to launch a statewide campaign to secure the passage of the measure, the California Family Council is warning voters that approving ACA 5 “opens the floodgates to disaster.”
“We are deeply concerned about the implications of ACA 5 for families and children in California,” stated Jonathan Keller, president of CFC. “The absence of any clear definition of marriage is
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