Sexy San Francisco Mayor and our pick for California's new governor Gavin Newsom kicked-off his campaign against Proposition 8 this weekend, and as usual - Gavin is standing up for the gays!

“If we succeed, we will not only change history in California, we will change the tone and tenor of this debate, not only across America, but the rest of the world,” Newsom said at the launch event.

Proposition 8 is the ballot initiative seeking to constitutionally ban gay marriage in California despite the fact that the state Supreme Court has already declared such a move unconstitutional.

Does Gavin think his campaign against Prop 8 will affect his bid for Governor?

“This [campaigning against Prop 8] is not going to help me politically; I'm not naïve to that. ... It's about my convictions; it's about my ability to sleep at night and reconcile the fact that we're running the 90 yard dash on gay and lesbian rights,” Newsom told Ray Suarez for the PBS program The Newshour Insider Forum. “And if you believe fundamentally that people should have rights that are of the same sex, but you're not willing to extend them equal rights, then what is it about that point of view that distinguishes it from your point of view about civil rights for people based on race or ethnicity? What is inherently more significant about someone and their rights that happens to be of a different race that should not be extended equally to someone who may have a different sexual orientation?”

The world needs more people like Gavin Newsom.