during your time as attorney general of california you had the opportunity to lay out the legal groundwork for same-sex marriage legislation. you officiated the first same-sex marriage in san francisco. thanks for that. given these -- >> it was my joy. >> given these facts, your perspective of the lgbtq plus community is likely more liberal than other parts of the country. how will you leverage your liberal californian perspective when reaching out to voters in small conservative areas. >> what i will do is tell them the story of not only that day after we defeated proposition 8, but i'll tell them the story of valentine's weekend in 2004. so back when -- and let's set this clear. back when a lot of democrats were talking about civil unions in february of 2004, i was performing marriages.