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After letting 4,000 same-sex couples marry despite California's own ban, San Francisco's mayor was a star of the left. But by Election Day, when 11 other states barred gay marriage, many blamed Newsom for unwittingly helping the President win a second term.


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FROM THE DECEMBER 27, 2004 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004

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