Calif. legislation would honor Harvey Milk (All GOP state senators oppose)

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Source: Associated Press

A bill honoring a gay political icon in California has been sent to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The legislation proclaims a "day of significance" each May 22, the birthday of former San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk. It would not be a state holiday.

... There was no spoken opposition to the bill, authored by Democratic Assemblyman Mark Leno of San Francisco. It passed the Senate on a 22-13 vote Tuesday.

Schwarzenegger's office would not say whether he would sign the bill.

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Not one Republican voted for the bill, which also says the day shall have special significance in public school and other educational institutions and "encourages those entities to conduct suitable commemorative exercises on that date."