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Gavin Newsom: “San Francisco [was] the first city to issue marriage…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 07:47

Grace. There's humility, a lot of humility in this book. But just to find that and Let it go. As mayor, you were best known for making San Francisco [was] the first city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. I got married during that time here in San Francisco as a great benefit. At the time it was against state and federal law and only about a third of Californians supported it. (07:47–27:51)

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Asserts that San Francisco was the first city to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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