Pete Knight's Son Marries in San Francisco

David J. Knight, 42, the son of state Sen. William J. ``Pete'' Knight, married his partner of 10 years, Joseph A. Lazzaro Jr., 39, during a brief ceremony presided over by a volunteer marriage commissioner. The couple, who live in Baltimore, were accompanied by a friend, but no family members.

The elder Knight is a Republican senator from Palmdale, Calif., who authored a successful 2000 ballot initiative that strengthened California's ban on same-sex marriage. Proposition 22, also known as the Knight Initiative, states that only marriages between a man and a woman are recognized as valid in California.

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