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Zorra

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8. He raised awareness of the issue, and probably caused many folks

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Wed May 23, 2012, 12:29 PM

May 2012

to reassess their position on same sex marriage. And maybe some swung simply because they like the President.

It's great by me either way.

Any reasonable person who thinks logically is forced to conclude that same sex marriage should be legal when they consider the issue enough to understand it.

It was a really beneficial move by the Prez, from my POV.

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