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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113802"><FONT size="+2" face="Palatino, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#000000">Sunstein urges: Abolish marriage </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113802"><FONT size="+1" face="Palatino, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" color="#000000">Adviser compares institution to country club membership</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113802"><P><TABLE border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD width="200"><IMG height="298" width="200" alt="" src="http://www.wnd.com/images/090916casssunstein.jpg" /> <SPAN>Cass Sunstein<BR /></SPAN></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>The U.S. government should abolish its sanctioning of marriage, argued Cass Sunstein, President Obama's regulatory czar. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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