In CA, ambition beats principle

June 1 (late news):

CAL same-sex marriage bill stalls on Assembly floor:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/06/01/state/n191123D82.DTL

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Gay marriage bill stalls on first vote in state Assembly

By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, June 1, 2005
(06-01) 21:22 PDT
SACRAMENTO, (AP) --

A bill to legalize same-sex marriage in California stalled on its initial vote
Wednesday [ June 1 ] in the Assembly, but supporters used a parliamentary procedure to keep the measure alive while they tried to round up more votes.


The bill failed on its first vote 35-37. It needed at least 41 votes to pass the 80-member house by the end of the night. [.....]

The Assembly bill would amend the state family code to define marriage as between "two persons" instead of between a man and a woman. Before Wednesday's vote, the superficially simple semantic change sparked an emotional debate over the meaning of marriage and the definition of discrimination. [.....]

If the bill failed a second time Wednesday, its backers would have at least one more shot at having it reconsidered before week's end, said Assemblyman Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, the bill's lead author. [....]
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+ EqCA update, as of 9pm, PDT, on June 1:

http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/06/1745203.php

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LIVE to be 150?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/29/CMGD8CH62P1.DTL
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