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...even if gay marriage were legalized there would still be gay men who didn't want to marry, gay men no other gay men would want to marry, and gay men who didn't want to leave the priesthood in order to marry.

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Dan Savage
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: October 7
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Daniel Keenan Savage
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