In a speech to black college graduates, the president took on the peddlers of victimization -- and demolished them.
Fighting gay marriage is wrong, and the battle does nothing to strengthen the institution overall.
Obama clarified the terms of the fight and said the battle will end, someday. But it's still going to look an awful lot like war.
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Rodriguez: Reform for people or for politics? - February 18, 2013
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