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Submitted by Joseph Lipschitz, Jun 27, 2007 17:56

The issue of the rights of gays to marry is hardly off topic.

You're last sentence,

In what other areas are elected officials advancing special interests to the detriment of the public.

illuminates the problem with your logic, in that you equate the right to civil marriage as solely the concern of "special interests" groups, which it is not. The right to marry is a civil rights issue.


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Joseph Lipschitz 

Jun 22, 2007 03:34

The comments on this article are mostly debating the rights of gays to marry and therefore entirely off topic. The... [MORE]

Bernie 

Jun 25, 2007 16:40

The issue of the rights of gays to marry is hardly off topic. You're last sentence, In what other areas are elected...

Joseph Lipschitz 

Jun 27, 2007 17:56

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