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Gay marriage is here, but so is the apocalypse. It's your choice!
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5-28-2008 4:19 PM
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Another good column by Mark Morford.
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5-29-2008
8:34 PM
Jorjor
I will always spare a moment to read a new Morford column. He's sometimes annoying, but that's his job. It's a dull world in which everyone agrees with you 100%.
5-30-2008
12:03 AM
papananook
Sometimes the comments are funny, too
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