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kentuck

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4. And we have to keep educating people about that fact...
Wed May 9, 2012, 10:24 AM
May 2012

..that it is about human rights. That this is about our loved ones, our friends and our family and that we should be above such discrimination as a country.

I think the pressure should be continued to be put on the President to take a stand. He could support equal rights for all our citizens, even if he understands that it is up to the different states to decide the issue.

Democrats may have to wait until this election is over. I know that is a difficult thing to ask. But we must face the political reality. Republicans are using this as a divisive tool to divide the Democrats and unite the Republicans. It is a cynical ploy. And we need to find a way to defeat it.

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