g********d 发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com December 23, 2010
Newsom Credits Marriage Equality for Career
By Julie Bolcer
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, now the lieutenant governor-elect of
California, said Tuesday that he believes his decision to allow same-sex
marriages in 2004 helped him win reelection.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on a meeting between the Democratic
mayor and its editorial board.
“Newsom answered that the decision allowed him to take more risks,” the
Chronicle reports. “He talked about the fate of his predecessors. Willie
Brown, Newsom said, barely won re-election against Tom Ammiano. (Actually Da
Mayor won in a landslide.) Predecessors Frank Jordan and Art Agnos failed
to be re-elected. And he opined on his decision to allow same-sex marriages:
"If I'd not done that, I would never have been re-elected,” he said. |
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