Bills To Overturn Prop 8 Introduced In California’s State Legislature Today

PolitickerCA reports:

“On their second day on the job, two San Francisco-based Democratic state lawmakers launched bills in support of overturning Prop. 8, the recently enacted ballot measure that bans gay marriage in California.”

“On Tuesday, the second day of the 2009-10 legislative session, Sen. Mark Leno and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (both D-San Francisco) launched Senate Resolution 7 and HR 5 in the Assembly. If approved, the bills would place both houses of the California Legislature on record as opposing the controversial initiative and declaring it an illegal revision to the state constitution.”

Additionally, 

“Lawsuits, filed by opponents of Prop. 8 last month, are scheduled to be heard by the state Supreme Court early next year. At issue is whether Prop. 8 represented a revision or amendment to the state constitution. If the justices rule that the ballot measure was a revision, the measure may be overturned.”

The heat is on.

 

Video: Mark Leno speaks at the Official No On Prop 8 Election Party on 11/4 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco’s Union Square.