San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders testified in the Supreme Court case, Perry v. Schwarzenegger this week. Mayor Sanders is in his second term as mayor of San Diego after a 29 year law enforcement career which culminated in being the chief of police for San Diego for six years.

Mayor Sanders said, "I was proud to testify this week in what I believe will soon be seen as one of the defining civil rights cases of our time, Perry v. Schwarzenegger. I did so as a Republican mayor, a father, and a former police chief with over 26 years of experience on the force. But I also testified as an American who has seen the effects of discrimination - and who believes that discrimination against anyone, anywhere, is unacceptable."

Mayor Sanders added, "My eyes were opened in 2007, when I had to decide whether to support a ban on same-sex marriage in my capacity as mayor of San Diego. Through conversations with friends and supporters, I realized that my position was inconsistent with one of my core principles as a police officer and as mayor, which is that every community deserves to be treated with equal dignity and respect."

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