Posted on 04/25/2009 6:20:47 PM PDT by kellynla
Gavin Newsom, the divorced San Francisco mayor who provoked a constitutional crisis in 2004 by granting marriage licenses to 4,000 same-sex couples, has made it official: he is running for governor in the 2010 elections.
Newsom, 41, a graduate of Santa Clara University who has described himself as a “lifelong Catholic,” chose to use a YouTube video, Facebook and Twitter to make the announcement on Tuesday. In the YouTube video, Newsom says, “I'm a candidate for governor of California because I know we can do better."
Newsom’s 2004 decision to grant marriage licenses to 4,000 same-sex couples in San Francisco eventually led to the May 15, 2008 California Supreme Court decision declaring the state’s prohibition of same-sex marriages unconstitutional. That 4-3 ruling was later overturned by California voters in November 2008 with the passage of Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment reserving marriage in the state to between one man and one woman. Proposition 8 is currently under review by the state’s highest court, with a decision expected by June.
Newsom, a Democrat, has regularly crossed swords with the Church, but continues to describe himself as a Catholic. Newsom openly defied California’s bishops by vigorously campaigning against Proposition 8 after the bishops officially endorsed the measure and urged Catholics to support it.
In 2006, Newsom abruptly cancelled a trip to Rome for the installation of former San Francisco Archbishop William Levada as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Newsom said at the time that he decided to boycott Levada’s installation in protest over the Church’s prohibition on homosexuals adopting children.
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No. He will not get the Catholic vote. He will, however, get plenty of Nancy Pelosi-like CINO votes.
May the same people who voted for the marriage amendment vote for his opponent. Amen.
Any Twosome Newsom as governor will drive the last coffin nail for the formerly great state of California.
Is there any doubt that he will win? He ay as well pack and call a moving company. The gov mansion is his next stop.
I thought Gray Davis already did that.
And to think he was married to Fox Babe Kimberly Guilfoyle. Must have been for cover!!
Beard?
Let’s see. Is Newsom even catholic? Well, his second marriage took place outside of a catholic church. Maybe the first marriage could not be annuled.
Christmas and Easter “catholics”.
The Church will not support him but the overwhelming majority of Catholics will.
Actually, the mistreatment Davis inflicted upon California was relatively minor compared to the damage the Austrian inflicted/is inflicting and the house of horrors a self-promoting, Irish con-artist would most probably create.
Is this the famous Twosome Newsom???
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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
LOL.
In the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle stands a statue of Lenin. Local lefties bemoan the fact that “communism hasn’t been tried by the right people.”
**Will he get the Catholic vote?**
I would certainly hope NOT!
IMHO he will get the Catholic vote, he is a democrat.
Any Twosome Newsom as governor will drive the last coffin nail for the formerly great state of California.
I thought Gray Davis already did that.
I guess to be more accurate I should have said Newsom will pour concrete around California's burial vault.
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