its people like kate kendall and my extraordinary staff. it's folks like this on stage that stepped up. they didn't need to do it but they did it. it wasn't just interest this was a true commitment to quality. it was chris and sandy i didn't it was the extraordinary leadership of many folks in this room so many of you out there in the audience. so i want to celebrate our wisdom and faith and your devotion to this cause and i'll close for participating in this remarkable journey. and like any journey it's not linear it's complex it's a worth journey we're on. and it's a journey that inspires we're not motivated by the cause of quality but it's the best of who we are our human dignity and self-worth interest all for your extraordinary reasoning and gragz on this special day. thank you (clapping) >> good morning. my name is kate kendall with the national center for lesbian rights and - (clapping) f you prop 8 (clapping) we i actually i did a quick scan of the audience to see if there were any children and i'm really sorry if i didn't see you i

and to kate kendall and nc l r who have been our partners through this as well. i can't tell you how much i appreciate that. and i have to tell you gavin newsom was talking about leadership. i can remember in 2004 when people said it was too fast too soon and too much. i'm a firm believer you've got to kick the door in and do what's right and be morale. and to those people who said we were moving two face and too soon >> now the other 13 that have it we'll have it restored again and certainly that's about a legal case but it's about more than a legal case it's about challenging the hearts and minds of people and that's where all of you come in. we won't be here if it wasn't for the community helping us change the hearts and minds of people throat this country. we had a great victory at the supreme court because where we will have equal marriage and it's struck from the ledger. now i can tell you that you'll hear some proponents talking about how they're to go and continue litigating this. we're ready to go back into court again and we'll figure out not only to ha