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When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

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Andrew Sullivan
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: August 10
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I like the pluralism of modernity it doesn't threaten me or my faith. And if one's faith is dependent on being reinforced in every aspect of other people's lives, then it is a rather insecure faith, don't you think?
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I felt, and often still feel, unable to live up to the ideals I really hold.
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I'm gay. I always have been and I always will be, and I'm happy.
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When I was about eight, I asked my mother if it was true that God knows everything about you. When she answered yes, I said, Then there's no hope for me, Mum.
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