Gavin Newsom: “I sat and I said it was wrong to deny people the right to…”

“I mean, I look at the issue of gay marriage and remember I was in 2004 when our party was dismissing me because I sat and I said it was wrong to deny people the right to get married or that weren't of the same sex. And my party vehemently opposed that. And they were very vocal about it, the major leaders in our party. I remember this. I ran on it in 2006 in a conservative district.” (39:45–39:52)

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