They got it right...


	They got it right...

earnric

5-16-2008 1:54 PM

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religion, government, gay

earnric says:

It is often up to the courts to enforce freedoms that a bigoted public would rather restrict (vis a vi - interracial marriage, segregation, etc.)

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