Ecstatic
09-09-2005, 01:25 AM
The California legislature became the first state legislature in the country to pass--in both houses--their same sex marriage rights bill. The bill is the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, which recasts the definition of marriage as between "two persons" rather than between a man and a woman. Their senate did last week, and the house this week. Of course, Ahhnuld will most likely veto it! But the time is coming; this is a major milestone. Also, CA was the first state to legallize interracial marriage, back in 1948, and among the first to rescind anti-sodomy laws in 1976.
Geoff Kors, the executive director of Equality California, said "There are moments in the history of any movement when the corner is turned. This is it. This is the tipping point."
Geoff Kors, the executive director of Equality California, said "There are moments in the history of any movement when the corner is turned. This is it. This is the tipping point."