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Gays no longer on par with child molesters in (Calif.) state code

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Edited on Tue Aug-24-10 04:56 PM by Newsjock

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

We told you awhile back about Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal's bill to change state code so it no longer equates homosexuality and child molestation. The Assembly approved the measure unanimously in April, and now gay rights advocates are happy to report that the Senate did the same thing this week.

The measure, AB2199, strikes a 20-year-old line of state code that directed the Department of Mental Health to conduct research into "the causes and cures of sexual deviation" including "the causes and cures of homosexuality."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=70779&tsp=1

Monday's Senate vote was 36-0, with three senators not voting:
http://leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2151-2200/ab_2199_vote_20100823_0350PM_sen_floor.html

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