Landmark Gay Marriage Vote In Calif.

[freetobegay]

(Sacramento, California) For the first time in US history, a state legislative body has voted in favor of issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples.

The Judiciary Committee of the California State Assembly Tuesday voted 8 to 3 to approve the bill after less than a hour of debate. It now moves on to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

"I saw in the eight aye votes a great pride in the fact that people were standing up for civil rights - not special privileges, but civil rights," said Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), the gay legislator who wrote the legislation.

The bill would amend the state family code to define marriage as between "two persons" instead of between and man and a woman

http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/04/042004calWed.htm

[NMDemDist2]

1. WOW!! leave it to California to lead the way

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[themann1086]

2. :-)

bout effing time.