is wrong and inconsistent with the values this country holds dear.

I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.

If, in this country, a simple majority of people can start stripping away the rights of a protected class in the minority, that's a pretty alarming thing.

California is a bellwether state. California was the first state in the United States to overturn the laws against interracial marriage. It took 19 years for the rest of the country to come around to that point of view.

San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.

We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.