By Michael Finnegan
May 30, 2009From the start of his run for governor, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has tried to show there is more to his career than the gesture that won him worldwide fame: his 2004 decree legalizing same-sex marriage.
Yet there he was Tuesday on CNN's "Larry King Live," speaking out for gay rights after the state Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban that Californians passed in November.For Newsom and five major-party rivals, the resurgence of the same-sex marriage issue has added a new complication to the race for governor.
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Gay marriage a minefield for candidates for California governor
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