Foes of Same-Sex Domestic Partnerships Launch Drive
Opponents of Long Beach’s same-sex domestic partnership ordinance kicked off a campaign Friday to put a measure on the ballot that would overturn the ordinance.
“Domestic partnership sends the wrong message to our youth,” said Pastor Garon Harden, president of the Long Beach Ministers Assn. “We want voters to decide this issue.”
The initiative will need 19,000 signatures to get on next April’s ballot.
The ordinance, supported by gay, lesbian, senior citizen and church groups, was approved by the Long Beach City Council in March on a 7-2 vote.
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