How Rob Reiner became anti-Prop. 8 kingpin

8:00 PM PDT 8/5/2010 by Gregg Kilday, AP

Played critical role in getting gay marriage ban overturned

Rob Reiner was sitting at a table at the Beverly Hills Polo Lounge on Wednesday when his wife Michele called from San Francisco with the breaking news that Proposition 8 had been overturned. He'd wanted to be in San Francisco too but had already committed to a full day of publicity for his new film "Flipped," which Warner Bros. releases Friday.