On March 11, SF Mayor Gavin Newsom appeared at a talk hosted by the Commonwealth Club, during which he talked about the upcoming 55th anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education and launched a preemptive strike at politicians who will use the occasion to praise the civil rights record of the United States while disregarding the inequities faced by LGBT Americans.
Said Newsom: "How can you argue separate is not equal and then argue that separate is equal — but only if you're gay? It's everything I'm not."
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