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The unhappy truth is that male homosexuality will never be fully accepted by the heterosexual majority, who are obeying the dictates not of bigoted society or religion but of procreative nature.

Camille Paglia

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Camille Paglia
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: April 2
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