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Thumbnail image for Dr.Phil.jpgSan Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is among the guests on this afternoon's airing of "Dr. Phil," in a full program dedicated to debating Proposition 8 and same-sex marriage.

"The idea of submitting the rights of a suppressed minority to the whims of a majority is the reason we have a constitution," Newsom says in the program, according to Dr. Phil's Web site.

Other pro-gay marriage guests will include attorney Gloria Allred and Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign. Backers of Proposition 8 on the show will include Jim Garlow, pastor at Skyline Church in San Diego County, Margaret Gallagher, president of the National Organization of Marriage, and Jeff Flint, co-campaign manager for the Yes on 8 Campaign.

Watch a teaser for the show here.

This is the second time in the last month that California politicos have appeared on "Dr. Phil."

Photo: Dr. Phil in 2006: Credit Matt Sayles/AP Photo

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