Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: NYT Opinion: Kamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor' [View all]bigtree
(85,977 posts)...as DA from 2004 to 2011, Harris opposed both Proposition 22 and Proposition 8, which limited marriage to one man and one woman. Though they passed in 2000 and 2008, respectively, both were struck down while she was in office. As San Francisco DA, Harris also created a Hate Crimes Unit aimed at prosecuting hate crimes committed against LGBTQ teens in school.
Harriss early support of marriage equality in California directly laid the legal groundwork for the US Supreme Courts decision in 2012 that same-sex couples have the right to marry. The Court cited Californias success in striking down Prop 8 in its opinion. Within hours of the decision, plaintiffs to the Supreme Court case Kris Perry and Sandy Stier became the first gay couple to wed in San Francisco, and Harris officiated their wedding.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/16/15808396/kamala-harris-democrat-rising-star-interrupted
Progressive prosecutors do things like this.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden