Government
Jul. 10, 2009
Committee Passes Gay Marriage Bill
The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed legislation on Thursday that would extend the usual benefits of marriage to same-sex couples who tied the knot out of state.
By Matthew Pordum
Daily Journal Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed legislation on Thursday that would extend the usual benefits of marriage to same-sex couples who tied the knot out of state. To get around the provisions of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, the bill, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, recognizes as "marriage" in name only those unions completed before the measure's November 5 passage. ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - The Assembly Judiciary Committee passed legislation on Thursday that would extend the usual benefits of marriage to same-sex couples who tied the knot out of state. To get around the provisions of Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, the bill, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, recognizes as "marriage" in name only those unions completed before the measure's November 5 passage. ...
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