The Sacramento Bee is reporting that the California Assembly on Tuesday voted to allow gay couples to marry in a challenge to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has said he would veto the bill if it passes the full Legislature:
Lawmakers approved the measure on a party-line vote, with the majority saying the Legislature should not to wait for the state Supreme Court to act on the issue. It passed 42-34.
"This does in fact provide equal marriage rights for all citizens of California," bill author Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, said as he began what marked the lengthiest debate so far this year on the Assembly floor.
"By denying a group of individuals the right to marry, we denigrate that entire group and deny them citizenship."
The bill now goes to the Senate, which adopted a similar measure in 2005. In his veto at that time, Schwarzenegger wrote that a gay marriage bill would violate Proposition 22, an initiative passed by California voters in 2000 that bars the state from recognizing out-of-state, same-sex marriages.
Only time will tell if Schwarzenegger, who was helped early in his career by wealthy gays and has never fully revealed his past, will again betray LGBT Californians.
NOTE: I DO NOT GENERALLY POST FRONTAL NUDITY, BUT IN MY OPINION, ARNOLD'S HYPOCRISY REQUIRES FULL EXPOSURE.
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