Gay lawmaker disavows record of voting against gay rights
State Sen. Roy Ashburn, who acknowledged that he was gay earlier this year, apologizes in an online opinion piece for positions 'that harmed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.'
By Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times
July 21, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roy-ashburn-20100721,0,6739807.storyReporting from Sacramento —
State Sen. Roy Ashburn, who earlier this year acknowledged that he is gay, has strongly disavowed his record of voting against gay rights in the Legislature.
"I am sincerely sorry for the votes I cast and the actions I took that harmed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people," he said in an online opinion piece published this week.
