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  • 'Tough call' for lawmakers could mean political fallout

    09/07/2005 7:46:21 PM PDT · by SmithL · 8 replies · 425+ views
    AP ^ | 9/7/5 | KATHLEEN HENNESSEY
    SACRAMENTO -- For Assemblyman Simon Salinas — a moderate, middle-ground hugging Democrat — deciding how to vote on the gay marriage bill was a stark proposition. "On the one hand, the people have voted for Prop. 22; they've said that marriage is between a man and a woman," Salinas, who is considering a run for higher office, said Wednesday. "On the other, I've always been a strong supporter of civil rights. Sometimes you just have to make unpopular decision. I just figured it was time." Salinas, from the Monterey County town of the same name, was one of three lawmakers...