This is just plain pathetic!

[Pushed To The Left]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1519578

It was off by one vote. If 2 Democrats had taken a stand instead of abstaining, it would have passed!

[Der Blaue Engel]

1. I received this from a local activist a few hours ago:

(This was after the vote this morning, and he was saying there is still one more vote tomorrow...he may have been confused, but I thought I'd pass this on anyway, in case it can make a difference.)

There will be another vote tomorrow, the last chance to make history. We need 4 of the 8 remaining dems to step up to the plate--could you spread the word to call them? They are listed below. We need to generate a HUGE public outcry to get these assemblypersons' attention and vote for equality!

Please contact the following legislators and encourage them to stand with Jackie Goldberg, Mark Leno, and John Laird...three openly gay Assemblymembers who work beside them everyday. We need these friends to stand up for us more than ever before! This list is prioritized with the most important at the top.

Assemblymember Rudy Bermudez (D-Norwalk) Told EQCA on a Candidate
Questionnaire He Would Support Legislation to Allow Same-Sex Couples to Marry in California
Call: 916-319-2056 capitol office/ 562-866-3391 district office

Assemblymember Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) Won his 2004 Primary by 400 votes with the strong backing of the LGBT Community
Call: 916-319-2069 capitol office/ 714-939-8469 district office

Assemblymember Gloria Negrete-McLeod (D-Ontario) Has always voted for
equality until now
Call: 916-319-2061 capitol office / 909-621-2783 district office

Assemblymember Jerome Horton (D-Inglewood) Was the key vote in passing AB 25 which gave domestic partners key rights
Call: 916-319-2051 capitol office / 310-412-6400 district office

Assemblymember Ed Chavez (D-La Puente)
Understands the importance of equality, but is afraid we will not stand by him if he supports us
Call: 916-319-2057 capitol office /626-961-8492 district office

Assemblymember Simon Salinas (D-Salinas) Has been a strong friend of the LGBT community despite representing a tough district
Call: 916-319-2028 capitol office/ 831-759-8676 district office

[davidinalameda]

3. I'm so pissed off about this

the state Democratic Party has come out in support of this and these cowards couldn't find the guts to do what's right

five voted against the measure and 6 abstained

where the hell was the assembly leadership-you know damn right well that the Repukes were twisting arms left and right but the damn Democrats can't get FOUR more votes?????

might as well have fucking republicans in those seats



The final Assembly floor vote on AB 19, as recorded Thursday, June 2 at 7:28 p.m.:

AYES – 37 Democrats: Bass, Berg, Bermudez, Calderon, Canciamilla, Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Coto, De La Torre, Evans, Frommer, Goldberg, Hancock, Jones, Karnette, Klehs, Koretz, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Montanez, Mullin, Nation, Nava, Nunez, Oropeza, Pavley, Ridley-Thomas, Ruskin, Saldana, Torrico, Wolk, Yee.

NOES – 31 Republicans and 5 Democrats: Aghazarian, Arambula, Baca, Benoit, Blakeslee, Bogh, Cogdill, Daucher, De Vore, Emmerson, Garcia, Harman, Haynes, Horton (Shirley), Houston, Huff, Keene, La Malfa, La Suer, Leslie, Matthews, Maze, McCarthy, Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Niello, Parra, Plescia, Runner, Spitzer, Strickland, Tran, Vargas, Villines, Walters, Wyland.

ABSTAIN – 6 Democrats and 1 Republican: Dymally, Gordon (absent due to illness), Horton (Jerome), Negrete McLeod, Richman, Salinas, Umberg.

[slackmaster]

2. I guess they didn't do enough brow-beating to get it to pass

The initial vote yesterday had a much wider margin.