San Diego mayor (R) to lead campaign for same-sex marriage
Source: Los Angeles Times
San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders is set to appear at a Friday news conference in Washington with other mayors to announce the Mayors for Freedom to Marry campaign to win support for same-sex marriage nationwide.
Sanders will be joined by L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the mayors of Boston, Chicago and Houston. Campaign organizers said that 70 Republican, Democratic and independent mayors support the effort.
... In 2007, on the eve of his reelection bid, Sanders dropped his previous opposition to same-sex marriage. In a tearful news conference, Sanders said he could not accept the idea that his daughter Lisa is less worthy of forming a lasting relationship because she is a lesbian.
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