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California Assembly elects new leader
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | March 17. 2014 | Melody Gutierrez

Posted on 03/17/2014 7:10:41 PM PDT by artichokegrower

The California State Assembly named its next leader Monday, electing Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, to replace John Pérez later this spring. Atkins will become the 69th Speaker and second Democratic woman to lead the lower house. She is the first lesbian Speaker in the Assembly, which elected its first openly gay leader in Pérez four years ago.

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“While other states dither on equality, I’m proud to serve in the Assembly when the new normal is for us to be led by a member of the LGBT community.”


New "normal"? Hardly.

1 posted on 03/17/2014 7:10:41 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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New “normal” for the land of fruits and nuts maybe.


2 posted on 03/17/2014 7:16:13 PM PDT by Seruzawa (Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for good a blaster kid.)
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Not normal here either.

California recently voted twice to deny gays the right to legally marry.

The states population has enough wrong with it, but its public bureaucracy makes them look positively puritanical.

3 posted on 03/17/2014 7:20:09 PM PDT by skeeter
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She is the first lesbian Speaker in the Assembly

Now lesbian is a language too! This is really getting out of hand, we already cater to too many languages in California!

4 posted on 03/17/2014 7:22:09 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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Is this now a prerequisite for public office in Daffy Duck Land? Sheesh, some people (people with morals and conservative views) continue to wallow in the squalor even where they are not wanted.Moral people should be abandoning CA, NY, CT, CO as fast as possible.


5 posted on 03/17/2014 7:23:31 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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What could possibly go wrong???


6 posted on 03/17/2014 7:35:04 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
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Trying to decide who is uglier. Toni or Helen Thomas???


7 posted on 03/17/2014 7:39:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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69th Speaker is the first lesbian Speaker

It was a toss up between Pat, the cross dressing half man.

8 posted on 03/17/2014 7:43:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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So I guess California wasn’t effed up enough already.


9 posted on 03/17/2014 7:51:52 PM PDT by Argus
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Just another reason I am glad I got out of the left coast nut land


10 posted on 03/17/2014 7:56:42 PM PDT by Nifster
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Gaaaakkk!


11 posted on 03/17/2014 9:22:25 PM PDT by TheDon (Californians are losing their right to keep and bear firearms one firearm at a time.)
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“Is this now a prerequisite for public office in Daffy Duck Land? Sheesh, some people (people with morals and conservative views) continue to wallow in the squalor even where they are not wanted.Moral people should be abandoning CA, NY, CT, CO as fast as possible.”

Or they should be moving there to outnumber the immoral people and take the states back. Running and hiding doesn’t work.


12 posted on 03/17/2014 11:31:57 PM PDT by unseelie
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>>Running and hiding doesn’t work.<<

Tell that to Daniel Morgan, Francis Marion and John Singleton Mosby.

You pick the fights you can win, on territory you choose and at a time of your choosing.


13 posted on 03/18/2014 10:17:58 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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