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State Senator Roy Ashburn – the recently out California GOP lawmaker wit a long anti-gay record – pleaded no contest Wednesday morning to a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol in a Sacramento court, the AP reported.
Ashburn's sexuality came under close scrutiny after details of a March 3 arrest were made public, including the fact that he was traveling with a male companion after leaving a popular Sacramento gay bar.
After evading the press for five days, the conservative lawmaker and father of four told talk show host Inga Banks: “I am gay.” Social conservatives immediately asked for Ashburn's resignation, while Republicans gave the 55-year-old politician a pass.
The lawmaker was represented in court by his lawyer. He was sentenced to three years of informal probation and 48 hours in the county lockup.
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