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I've never understood the problem with it anyway. Either LGBT Americans are citizens of this country, in which case equal rights and protections apply to them, or they are not and what the fuck is the point of the Constitution or this nation?
I thought it was handled well in the debate. (Not by Brokaw - what a total asshole THAT guy is.) The Democratic candidates were clear and apparently unified. It's a civil rights issue, a human rights issue, a citizenship issue - NOT a religious issue.
Your take on this is absolutely spot-on. It doesn't have to be contentious within the Party. This one is winnable. Nobody's church will be forced to perform marriages they don't want to and nobody wants to dick around with their religious beliefs. But the fact remains that these American citizens can no longer be consigned to the back of the marriage bus. It's ethically unsound and constitutionally unsupportable.
Elizabeth
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