ASSEMBLYMEMBER KAREN BASS
47TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT
For Immediate Release: May 15, 2008
Contact: Richard Stapler
Phone: (916) 319-2047

SACRAMENTO – California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) today issued the following statement after the California Supreme Court ruled by a 4-3 majority that California’s laws forbidding same-sex marriage are unconstitutional:

“We are delighted with today’s State Supreme Court ruling allowing marriage equality in California. It is a true testament to advancing equality and to recognizing the right of all Californians to build a future with the person they love. We recently lost Mildred Loving, the woman whose marriage to a man of another race ushered in the Supreme Court ruling that made marriage colorblind. Today’s ruling is another important reminder that love will overcome.”