CA Gay Marriage Bill Faces Crucial Test Today

Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)'s AssemblyBill 19, The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act is scheduled for a vote on the floor of the California Assembly today. The vote is close and lots of pundits are watching this bill and Lloyd Levine (D-Van Nuys)'s AB 654 (a death with dignity bill modeled after Oregon's) to gauge exactly how progressive the California State Assembly is.