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"As a lifelong defender of civil rights, due process and equal protection for all, I do not personally support policies that give lesser legal rights and responsibilities to committed same-sex couples than those provided to heterosexual couples. That is why I have and continue to strongly support extending the benefits and responsibilities of marriage to same-sex couples through domestic partnerships and civil union statutes.

"But the people of California have spoken. State law prohibits the recognition of same-sex marriages. It is the duty of my office to defend that law against this challenge by the City and County of San Francisco, and allow the courts to determine whether the city has acted illegally."

    -- California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, 2004-02-19

(For a set of more current quotes on the same general topic, five quotes regarding yesterday's Superior Court decision in Washington are juxtaposed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.)