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Old 05-06-2009, 01:59 PM
 
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You know what, at least he's a council member/politician WHO ACTUALLY LISTENS TO THE VOICE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS. One of the few who do.

I don't care about his private life.

Don't you know by now we can't put these politicians on pedestals!

I never had and never do.
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:01 PM
 
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This is rich - we have the Christian Right defending Miss California's underage nude photos and now Marion Barry!
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:07 PM
 
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This is rich - we have the Christian Right defending Miss California's underage nude photos and now Marion Barry!
I don't defend Marion Barry at all. Never have, and never will. I will, however, defend his duty to represent his electorate, which he is doing.
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:10 PM
 
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You know what, at least he's a council member/politician WHO ACTUALLY LISTENS TO THE VOICE OF HIS CONSTITUENTS. One of the few who do.

I don't care about his private life.

Don't you know by now we can't put these politicians on pedestals!
you don't care about his private life? then why do you care about a gay person's private life. so it is ok or shall I say doesn't bother you that a man cheats on his wife, is married four times and smokes crack but what a gay person does in his bedroom does?
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:10 PM
 
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I don't defend Marion Barry at all. Never have, and never will. I will, however, defend his duty to represent his electorate, which he is doing.
Would you do the same for Barney Frank?
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:14 PM
 
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Would you do the same for Barney Frank?
I would and have.

As to Marion Berry - the man is back on the pipe. And the fact that he keeps being elected by the people of DC shows what a complete shiithole their education system has become.
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:17 PM
 
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Would you do the same for Barney Frank?
Sure, why not? I don't like Barney Frank at all. But i've never held any contempt for him or the constituents of the 4th Congressional District of Mass. in regards to legislation that directly affects his district. I don't care what he does on the micro-level. His culpability in the current national housing mess is a different story though.
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:20 PM
 
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gsupstate, news flash many of us do not believe in equal rights for illegal immigrants either, that don't make me a bigot. Although i do believe marriage is between a man and a woman who am i to speak for anyone else?
Wow. You are comparing a gay person to an illegal immigrant????? WOW, just wow. So is it OK then for me to compare black Americans to illegal immigrants?????? The amount of bigotry coming out of the black community toward other groups presently is absolutely amazing!!!
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:21 PM
 
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Illegal immigrants have more rights than citizen gays.
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Old 05-06-2009, 02:37 PM
 
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Wow. You are comparing a gay person to an illegal immigrant????? WOW, just wow. So is it OK then for me to compare black Americans to illegal immigrants?????? The amount of bigotry coming out of the black community toward other groups presently is absolutely amazing!!!
Please don't act like the gay community doesn't have share of bigots or intolerant folks. Just because a group has been historically opressed doesn't mean they have to champion every single cause, especially if that cause goes against their beliefs. Everyone is intolerant to a certain degree. Everyone!
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