Citing the need for more time to build resources and secure support among voters, a group of California LGBT rights organizations issued a statement on Monday saying that any effort to overturn Prop 8 through a ballot initiative should take place in 2012 rather than 2010, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The statement, called “Prepare to Prevail,” was issued by API Equality-LA, HONOR PAC and the Jordan Rustin Coalition, and signed by nearly 30 other organizations and individuals. Its first paragraph reads:
"Unlike Proposition 8 in 2008, any upcoming electoral campaign for marriage equality would be one of choice, not one of necessity in fending off an attack from religious-right foes. Timing is ours to determine. Going back to the ballot to remove the voter-imposed ban on same-sex marriage from the state constitution in 2010 would be rushed and risky. We should proceed with a costly, demanding, and high-stakes electoral campaign of this sort only when we are confident we can win. We should choose to Prepare to Prevail."
Not all groups agreed with the strategy to delay the effort to amend the state constitution to allow same-sex marriage, however. John Henning, executive director of Love Honor Cherish, told the Los Angeles Times that he believes a “majority of the community” favors going forward in 2010.
Marc Solomon, marriage director for Equality California, told the newspaper that his group would publicly announce its decision later this month whether to support a ballot initiative in 2010.
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