Word: gavin
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...recent Institute of Politics forum, San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom was defending his actions in illegally granting marriage licenses to thousands of same-sex couples when he bemoaned President George W. Bush’s usage of the marriage issue as a political “wedge.” He had very little to say about the deeper philosophical or moral case against same-sex marriage, but rather bemoaned that it was an issue at all. This is the cheapest sort of intellectual cop-out, and just another symbol of the increasing poverty of our public discourse. In reality...
...Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom defended his issuance of thousands of same-sex marriage licenses to local couples to a crowd of approximately 400 at the Institute of Politics (IOP) last night...
...name is Gavin Newsom and I helped elect George Bush,” he began, quickly adding, “I was just seeing if you were paying attention...
...California voters said they believed the state was going in the wrong direction, according to the nonpartisan Field poll. Today the figure is 38%, and 46% think things are heading upward. "There is a new sense of optimism in the state, new energy flowing from the Governor," says Gavin Newsom, the Democratic mayor of San Francisco and no automatic supporter of Schwarzenegger, who frowned on Newsom's February decision to sanction same-sex weddings in his city hall in defiance of the state...
...works because women in the audience can relate to that." Relative unknowns have been cast in the leads. Laura Michelle Kelly, 23, has appeared in My Fair Lady for Mackintosh and on Broadway, but this is her first shot at originating a star role. Wiry 33-year-old Gavin Lee was even more of an outsider for the role of Bert, the chimney sweep. He auditioned to be an understudy, but Mackintosh identified him as "the real thing." He loves Bert and Mary's will-they-won't-they relationship. "The audience are desperate for them to kiss. Bert thinks...