SFGate.com – Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer
Elizabeth Edwards, starring at the kickoff event of San Francisco’s Gay Pride Parade, came out in support of legalized same-sex marriage Sunday — taking a position that she acknowledged is at odds with her husband, presidential candidate John Edwards.
“I don’t know why somebody else’s marriage has anything to do with me,” she said. “I’m completely comfortable with gay marriage.”
Edwards’ comments came after her keynote address before a standing-room-only breakfast attended by 300 people at the Alice B. Toklas Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Democratic Club, a key organization in the powerful gay political base in San Francisco.
The appearance by the candidate’s wife — witnessed by many local politicians, including Mayor Gavin Newsom, District Attorney Kamala Harris and City Attorney Dennis Herrera — was hailed as a milestone in the 30-year history of the Gay Pride event, which had never been visited by a major presidential candidate or spouse.