Equality in California

The California Senate has passed a bill repealing a 60 year old law that required the state to try to "cure" gays.   "The law passed in 1950 classifies gays as sexual deviants. It requires the Department of Mental Health to research the causes and potential cures for homosexuality."  The repeal previously passed the state Assembly.  It now goes back to the Assembly for final action.  The bill passed 36-0 and was sponsored by Republican Senator Roy Ashburn.  You may remember him as the anti-gay senator who was outed earlier this year when he was caught driving drunk after leaving a gay bar.  Ashburn has apologized for his anti-gay actions and has embraced the causes of his people.

The California Senate also passed a resolution calling on the President to repeal DOMA.  The Assembly had previously approved that bill, also.