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Gay People Exist. There's Nothing We Can Do In Public Policy That Makes More Of Us Exist, Or Less Of Us Exist. And You Guys Have Been Arguing For A Generation That Public Policy Ought To Essentially Demean Gay People As A Way Of Expressing Disapproval Of The Fact That We Exist, But You Don't Make Any Less Of Us Exist. You Just Are Arguing In Favor Of More Discrimination, And More Discrimination Doesn't Make Straight People's Lives Any Better.

I Feel Like I Have More In Common With Conservative People Who Have Activist Causes In Their Hearts And Who Are Interested In Electoral Politics Than I Do With Somebody Who Doesn't Care, Doesn't Have Any Political Interests, Doesn't Know What Policy Is, And Doesn't Think Any Of It Matters To Them. If You Care, We're Actually Going To Have A Basis Of Conversation. We Might Supplementally Get Along Very Well, And That Might Be Complicated And Fun In A Way That Is More Constructive Than You'd Expect.

[bob Ferguson] Won That Huge Ruling Against The First Version Of The Muslim Ban That Resulted In It Being Stopped Dead In The Ninth Circuit U.s. Court Of Appeals.

After We Graduate Tonight, We No Longer Have To Let Society Happen To Us. We Get To Create Our Own.

Fascist Political Gatherings Tend To Encourage Or At Least Expect A Little Violence Around The Edges, Particularly Against Counter Protesters.