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Candidate Obama expressed views...
that EXCLUDED same-sex couples from the benefits of state-sanctioned marriage.
Should progressive states have excluded him from their presidential ballots in 2008?
Should there be an inclusiveness test before anyone is permitted to speak freely, run for public office, operate a business, travel from state to state, have children, buy a home in your community, send their children to a public school, obtain a driver's license, have a picnic in a public park, take out a library book, ride on Amtrak, attend a community college, apply for welfare, collect Social Security, get treatment in a VA hospital...