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If A Person Is Homosexual By Nature - That Is, If One's Sexuality Is As Intrinsic A Part Of One's Identity As Gender Or Skin Color - Then Society Can No More Deny A Gay Person Access To The Secular Rights And Religious Sacraments Because Of His Homosexuality Than It Can Reinstate Jim Crow.

-Jon Meacham

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If A Person Is Homosexual By Nature

Jon Meacham

If A Person Is Homosexual By Nature - That Is, If One's Sexuality Is As Intrinsic A Part Of One's Identity As Gender Or Skin Color - Then Society Can No More Deny A Gay Person Access To The Secular Rights And Religious Sacraments Because Of His Homosexuality Than It Can Reinstate Jim Crow.

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