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We've got to get rid of this discrimination, this chilling, this bigotry toward gays and lesbians that are reflected in literally hundreds and hundreds of statutes and regulations in this country.

Ralph Nader

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Ralph Nader
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: February 27
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