CA Assembly elects openly gay speaker

Californians don’t have gay marriage anymore but they do now have an openly gay speaker of the Assembly.

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John A. Pérez was selected unanimously by Democratic members of the house on Dec. 10.

He is believed to be the first openly gay person to head a state legislative house since Allan Spear’s groundbreaking 1992-2000 tenure as Minnesota Senate president.

By Rex Wockner

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