Gavin Newsom actually said...

"If you know something is wrong, you can either sit back and wait and talk about the way the world should be... Or we can do the right thing, stand on principle and say, we don't accept discrimination."

"The same people that probably will argue against blacks marrying whites in the late '40s here in California."

"I haven't had a chance to talk to him directly. Look, good people are going to feel strongly in opposition of what we're trying to do. I certainly respect that. I just don't share that."

"I don't accept it is against state law. I read the constitution in the state of California and just literally, a few weeks ago, I took the oath of office, and no where does it direct me to discriminat..."