California Marriage Update

The state assembly's key Judiciary Committee has voted 7 - 3 that Proposition 8 should never have been allowed on the ballot:

Because advocates are arguing that a two-thirds vote of the Legislature was required to qualify the gay marriage ban for the ballot, they want to have lawmakers on the record agreeing with that position when the Supreme Court begins its deliberations, said Geoffrey Kors, executive director of the gay rights group Equality California. “It's important the Legislature makes it clear that they are not OK with having their power usurped,” Kors said. The resolution goes next to the full Assembly. The state Senate is scheduled to consider a companion measure in coming weeks.