Mayors of about 80 U.S. cities from New York to Los Angeles to Houston are backing a campaign to remove legal barriers to same-sex marriage nationwide.
“The more support we build in our cities and states, the stronger case we can make for extending the freedom to marry to loving couples no matter where they live,” Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles said today at a news briefing on the issue. Same-sex marriage is illegal under California law.
For the statement from Mayor Michael Bloomberg (NY), click here. For the Freedom to Marry statement, click here.