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Long Beach, CA – The City Council has voted 9-0 to give final approval to a resolution (text below) supporting civil marriage licenses for same sex couples.
The item was scheduled for the Council’s “consent calendar” (no discussion expected) at the Oct. 17 Council meeting…but was pulled for individual discussion.
Three individuals spoke in opposition. Roughly twice as many spoke in support.
Opponent Larry Goodhue challenged a figure of 80,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transvestite (LGBT) LB residents, which Councilmembers S. Lowenthal, Vice Mayor B. Lowenthal and Councilman P. O’Donnell had attributed to the 2000 Census in their original agendizing memo.