Initiative process used by inspired youth
Stu Allen describes himself as “a 23-year-old kid who just got (ticked) off watching the news” about California voters overturning that state’s Supreme Court ruling that same-sex marriage was a constitutional right. Calling themselves “Yes on Equal Rights,” he and his girlfriend, Crystal Russell, 22, relied on Google searches and the how-to guide on the Secretary of State’s website to launch an initiative to put same-sex marriage on the 2010 ballot.