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FreeState

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10. Newsom's place in history is already cemented in
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 06:25 PM
Apr 2013

In 50-100 years history books are going to have a paragraph or two on Newsom because he was the catalyst to the current actions, without his San Francisco marriages much of what we are seeing would not have happened so quickly, he humanized the gay population in a very effective way. It would be very hard to tell the story of Marriage equality and not focus part of the story on him.

Boom! and then there were THREE demwing Apr 2013 #1
Okay, 'fess up: NOBODY had Johnson in their Gay Marriage bracket... brooklynite Apr 2013 #2
read post 1 demwing Apr 2013 #8
Another small step toward progress. iandhr Apr 2013 #3
3 to go! William769 Apr 2013 #4
Heads will be exploding in South Dakota. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2013 #5
Johnson is leaving office. iandhr Apr 2013 #6
Sounds great but... bballguy7013 Apr 2013 #7
That proves we've won, right? demwing Apr 2013 #9
Newsom's place in history is already cemented in FreeState Apr 2013 #10
Still bballguy7013 Apr 2013 #11
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