Marriage law unconstitutional, GOP hopeful says

By John Marelius
Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. October 18, 2009

DEL MAR — Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Campbell said yesterday that while he favors same-sex marriage, he believes the bill Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed last week expanding official recognition of same-sex marriages performed out of state to be unconstitutional.

Campbell is the only one of the three Republican candidates for governor who opposed Proposition 8, which voters passed last November to reimpose the ban on same-sex marriages in California.

“I very clearly believe that the state should treat everybody the same whether they're gay or straight,â€