By Alia Beard Rau | The Arizona Republic
Arizona voters in November 2014 may get another chance to decide the future of same-sex marriage in the state.
A nonpartisan group calling itself Equal Marriage Arizona filed paperwork Monday with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office for an initiative to redefine marriage as “a union of two persons.” The state constitution currently defines it as only between one man and one woman.
The initiative also includes a clause stating that religious organizations or individuals cannot be required to officiate at a marriage if they have religious objections.
The filing Monday allows the group to begin collecting the required 259,213 signatures from registered voters to qualify for the ballot. The deadline is July 3, 2014.
, chairwoman of the Arizona Log Cabin Republicans, filed the paperwork. They hope to add a Democratic co-chair soon.
“This isn’t about politics,” Meyer said. “This is about individual liberty.”
