Prop. 8's chief witness changes mind, now supports same-sex marriage.
The chief witness in favor of California's same-sex marriage ban at a landmark federal trial in San Francisco two years ago announced Friday he has changed his position.
David Blankenhorn, president of the New York-based Institute for American Values, asserted in an opinion essay published in the New York Times today that he now supports allowing gay and lesbian marriage.
"Whatever one's definition of marriage," Blankenhorn wrote, "legally recognizing gay and lesbian couples and their children is a victory for basic fairness."
Blankenhorn was the main witness called by supporters of Proposition 8, California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, at a trial in U.S. District Court in San Francisco in 2010.
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/2012/06/prop-8-supporting-witness-says-he-now-supports-same-sex-marriage#ixzz1yjZD3QDy
