Mark Leno Quotations

It would be disrespectful to the millions of Californians who support this bill not to hear the arguments of its supporters, ... This is not just another bill.

Our current laws tell peaceful, law-abiding, tax-paying, native-born citizens, you and your partner must either split up or leave the country, ... This is nonsense and it's completely mean spirited.

I couldn't do anything but keep going. It says something for being a little bit tenacious,

No. 1, the crime would not have occurred. And the brutality would not have been (as bad) as it was. This was a hate crime because she was a transgender woman.

We're looking for three votes, and I can't tell you today who the three will be, but I think the power of the success coming from the floor of the Senate today will give us the necessary momentum and encouragement to do what we all know is the right thing to do.

Margita Thompson has said all kinds of things in the past that have proven not to be true, ... I will continue to make my request to meet with the governor and explain why there are millions of people who are suffering under the inequality of the current law and who need this bill to be signed.

The issue doesn't go away, ... Support will only increase. The more the public hears about same-sex marriage, the more the public supports it.

We know this makes it very difficult for these members to vote against us ? this is the kind of pressure, the kind of support that will get us across the finish line,

They are considered no different than married couples with regards to responsibility for children,

The only thing that could come to mind is that he's politically pandering to the far right, which has been demanding that he make a statement, ... I'd like to take her at her word that he only considers the policy implications, which means there's no need to make such a hurried decision.