The California Assembly approved same-sex marriage in the state by a thin margin. "It's always a dilemma whether to follow or lead. This is one of those times history is looking to us to lead," said Assemblyman Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana. we posted that quote because wouldn't it be totally awesome if someone from Texas (you know, the state bigger than France) had the balls to uhm....shuffle feet, look down at ground....LEAD!
According to the news reports it was all the republicans and a couple dems that voted no. You can also check the link below and look under the final senate and assembly votes and see just who all the players were and how they voted.
news report
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/09/07/MNGFGEJIR41.DTL
state assembly website
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Any idea if any Republicans at all voted with the majority on this one?