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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGavin Newsom was the first politician in America to marry same-sex couples. Feb 12, 2004
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Gavin Newsom officiates at the wedding of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the first gay couple to be joined after the California Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages legal.
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Gavin Newsom was the first politician in America to marry same-sex couples. Feb 12, 2004 (Original Post)
Wwcd
Jun 2018
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. He is left of Gov. Brown.
Conservatives have a sad . . . .
R B Garr
(17,518 posts)2. Thanks for this, Wwcd! He's going to be an awesome Governor.
I like how he said Governor Brown had big shoes to fill and showed his respect for a fellow Democrat.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)4. He was "willing to risk his political career" for this decision

And He's Our Democrat!


lapfog_1
(30,444 posts)3. I remember that... is was groundbreaking at the time.
Hard to believe now...
Remember how the right said "same sex marriage will destroy the family"? LOL
Eliot Rosewater
(32,541 posts)5. ALL liberals should be happy about Gavin.