San Diego Supports Gay Marriage?
Last week the San Diego city council prepared a resolution to present a friend of the court brief for the California Supreme Court who is about to hear yet another case about the constitutionality of gay marriage in the State of California. It has been two years since San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom stood against the state laws regarding gay marriage and allowed gays to have marriage ceremonies performed by judges in San Francisco.
San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders had long been a staunch opponent to gay marriage, and vowed to veto the resolution he was about to be presented with by the city council to submit the brief. However, Sanders in a tear-filled speech on the matter did a dramatic about face and agreed with the city council that gay marriage should be allowed. His reason is because his daughter is a lesbian, and many of his associates and friends are gay or lesbian. He said “In the end, I couldn’t look any of them in the face and tell them that their relationships, their very lives, were any less meaningful than the marriage I share with my wife, Rana.