Strategy to take this cost to the Supreme Court. They could wind up heroes or goats us back how much did you know about lgbt, had you reported on the lgbt Civil Rights Movement before . Guest not extensively. Host what kind of reporting it to don . Guest a lot of legal reporting. Host on lgbt transferred no, no. On bush the door bush v. Gore. I had written about constitutional law but not specifically about this issue except to the extent that i covered legislators, silly unions would come up. Unions, legislation would come up in each of them and this is probably in the early 2000s. Its funny to think today, that was very controversial in these. So i covered these legislative battles over civil unions but certainly not the landmark cases that you were involved in. Host what kind of experience have you had with the lgbt Civil Rights Movement . Youve talked a lot about the gay establishment. What kind of expense have had with the organizations that have been leading lgbt civil rights for
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clapping . Thank you so much clapping . Wow. Welcome to the peoples house of San Francisco. Historic. Historic day today for all of us for the struggles for many, many years i want to thank all of you for sharing this historic moment in San Francisco, california. Wow. Its been a long road. Many years but gosh it feels good to have love triumph overcome ignorance to have equal it triumph over discrimination to have that diagrams end right here in San Francisco. Wonderful, wonderful. Its a great place to be today in this hall where so many marriages have taken place and so many people have loved each other. Were the very first one with phyllis. Thank you phyllis thank you very, very much. And many more weddings to the celebrated in San Francisco many more. I know all of you have had some of those feelings before just maybe over 9 years ago and, of course, in 2008 when i had the prim of sharing that moment. I want to thank all the people behind me its an incredible history. Mayor willie b
Newsoms Leadership Back in 2004 clapping he has been a true partner to our office and me personally throughout this struggle. I mean, i was proud to stand by him and to defend him and he was proud to stand by me when we decided to sue california for the equal rights of marriage. And to kate kendall and nc l r who have been our partners through this as well. I cant tell you how much i appreciate that. And i have to tell you gavin newsom was talking about leadership. I can remember in 2004 when people said it was too fast too soon and too much. Im a Firm Believer youve got to kick the door in and do whats right and be morale. And to those people who said we were moving two face and too soon now the other 13 that have it well have it restored again and certainly thats about a legal case but its about more than a legal case its about challenging the hearts and minds of people and thats where all of you come in. We wont be here if it wasnt for the Community Helping us change the hearts and
clappin clapping . Thank you so much clapping . Wow. Welcome to the peoples house of San Francisco. Historic. Historic day today for all of us for the struggles for many, many years i want to thank all of you for sharing this historic moment in San Francisco, california. Wow. Its been a long road. Many years but gosh it feels good to have love triumph overcome ignorance to have equal it triumph over discrimination to have that diagrams end right here in San Francisco. Wonderful, wonderful. Its a great place to be today in this hall where so many marriages have taken place and so many people have loved each other. Were the very first one with phyllis. Thank you phyllis thank you very, very much. And many more weddings to the celebrated in San Francisco many more. I know all of you have had some of those feelings before just maybe over 9 years ago and, of course, in 2008 when i had the prim of sharing that moment. I want to thank all the people behind me its an incredible history. Mayor