You know, this whole a challenge that we have as a society, and it's not unique to the US Society, of defining people who are other as less entitled to be fully accepted has been an ongoing situation that we face throughout our history. Recently in Vermont, we were the first state to pass civil unions. And our incumbent governor who signed that bill nearly lost his re election. And many of the arguments that are being made here about why that would be so bad … (00:45–00:52)
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