Gavin Newson on his political future and the VP...

I swear, I'm not just looking for an excuse to post a picture of the very handsome San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. But this one from "Bike to Work Day" last spring is a pretty good one, huh? I interviewed this charismatic man a few summers ago at the Outfest Film Festival and he was so thoughtful in his answers. He was there in support of a documentary that told the story of the same-sex marriages that took place in San Francisco after he ordered city clerks to issue same-sex marriage licenses and became a gay icon in the process.
I wanted to share with you some of an interview Newsom did with Reuters while he was at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Newsom says that the gay-nup move may have hindered his own political growth: "I’ve basically written myself off of any prospects of running for any different office, and I certainly won’t be appointed by any administration or special councils because I’m a time bomb and too controversial. And I’m not just saying for Republicans. One of the three Democrats you mentioned as presidential candidates [Obama, Clinton, Gore] God as my witness, will not be photographed with me, will not be in the same room as me, even though I’ve done fundraisers for that particular person not once but twice, because of this issue."

On VP Dick Cheney's reaction to Wolfie Blitzer's questions last week about his pregnanrt lesbian daughter, Mary:
"The Vice President of the United States has a daughter who happens to be in love with another woman, and happens to want to raise a family. Those are fundamental questions that are being debated across this country... Wolf Blitzer was right to ask and Dick Cheney was wrong not to have the dignity to respond in a human way, and the dignity to respond in kind why he continues to advance discriminatory policies that are hurting, not uniting this country."