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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd.

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Al Sharpton
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 3
Film Actor
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Brooklyn
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Alfred Charles Al Sharpton
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