California loses an adversary.California state senator Noun 1. state senator - a member of a state senate senator - a member of a senate William J. "Pete" Knight, an outspoken opponent of same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable who himself had an openly gay son, died on May 7 of leukemia. The 74-year-old Republican was best known for authorIng the state's voter-approved same-sex marriage ban in 2900 and for mounting legal challenges to California's domestic-partner registry and to San Francisco's same-sex-marriage crusade, which began in February. In April, after Knight's son David married his partner in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , the senator seemed to soften his stance, telling reporters he might support civil unions. In an April 27 interview in The Advocate, David Knight David Knight may refer to:
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