Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Live blogging the second session of the LGBT Caucus at the DNC: Mayor Gavin Newsom

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is speaking about the death of Del Martin and their respective roles in the fight for marriage equality:

"I didn't know I would be around to see the CA Supreme Court ... adjudicate that there is nothing in our constitution that denies people equal protection under the law."

"We had the gift of a lifetime to allow the two of them (Del and Phyllis) to say 'I do'. Now we are going to afford that opportunity to thousands of others in California."

"We need your help this November to defeat Proposition 8. It's a dead heat in the polls right now and would be a monumental setback to our community."

"This is about human dignity."