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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
Eh. Margie Marshall's decision in Goodridge took guts. Backing gay rights in San Francisco just took some sense.
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For a politician who had obvious statewide and national ambitions? Bullshit. At the time, people were wondering if taking that stand would kill his career. No one expected so much progress to happen so quickly. Just a couple of years beforehand, California voters overwhelmingly passed an anti-gay marriage initiative. A couple of years later, they passed another one (the first was kicked as unconstitutional, the second amended the constitution).
Those who called Newsom's actions a political move had to assume that the end of his political ambitions was the job he already had, as mayor.
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