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	<title>Comments on: Rep. Culberson Offers Incoherent And Illogical Stance On Gay Marriage</title>
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		<title>By: wounded40</title>
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		<dc:creator>wounded40</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not every Republican is against gay marriage. Not every Democrat is for it...

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not every Republican is against gay marriage. Not every Democrat is for it&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: smidget</title>
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		<dc:creator>smidget</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 17:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Don in Texas

Bingo.  Fundamental civil rights should never be decided at the behest of the people.  The majority has no right to either give or deny rights to the minority.  That very concept of legal equality is the very foundation of our country.  To even hint at allowing a group of people to vote on the rights of another group of people is not only unconstitutional, it&#039;s patently un-American.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Don in Texas</p>
<p>Bingo.  Fundamental civil rights should never be decided at the behest of the people.  The majority has no right to either give or deny rights to the minority.  That very concept of legal equality is the very foundation of our country.  To even hint at allowing a group of people to vote on the rights of another group of people is not only unconstitutional, it&#8217;s patently un-American.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5659898', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Don in Texas</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5659614</link>
		<dc:creator>Don in Texas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Regarding the California Supreme Court&#039;s ruling on same-sex marriage yesterday:

&quot;The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One&#039;s right to life, &lt;strong&gt;liberty&lt;/strong&gt;, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and &lt;em&gt;other fundamental rights&lt;/em&gt; may not be submitted to vote; &lt;strong&gt;they depend on the outcome of no elections.&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; --  Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice
&lt;em&gt;West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 US 624, 1943&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the California Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling on same-sex marriage yesterday:</p>
<p>&#8220;The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One&#8217;s right to life, <strong>liberty</strong>, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and <em>other fundamental rights</em> may not be submitted to vote; <strong>they depend on the outcome of no elections.</strong>&#8221; &#8212;  Justice Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954), U. S. Supreme Court Justice<br />
<em>West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 US 624, 1943</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5659614', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JamesCraven</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5659249</link>
		<dc:creator>JamesCraven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Quoting Mr. Olbermann...


&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;What...The...?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quoting Mr. Olbermann&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p><strong><em>&#8220;What&#8230;The&#8230;?&#8221;</em></strong></p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: dschafler</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5659247</link>
		<dc:creator>dschafler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So incoherent. And what does &quot;interstate commerce&quot; have to do with this?!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So incoherent. And what does &#8220;interstate commerce&#8221; have to do with this?!!!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5659247', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5659111</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;Texas Aggie Says:

Believe me, folks, not all Texans are brain damaged from excess neurotrophic chemical use, just some of the more prominent.&lt;/em&gt;

So the rest of you vote them into public office just to play a prank on the rest of us?  Well, knock it off.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Texas Aggie Says:</p>
<p>Believe me, folks, not all Texans are brain damaged from excess neurotrophic chemical use, just some of the more prominent.</em></p>
<p>So the rest of you vote them into public office just to play a prank on the rest of us?  Well, knock it off.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5659111', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sesli</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5659073</link>
		<dc:creator>sesli</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 01:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the post

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the post</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Aggie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Texas Aggie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Rep. Culberson Offers Incoherent And Illogical Stance On Gay Marriage&quot;

What other stance on anything has he ever offered?  This man illustrates the deficiencies of the Texas public school system and the results of Bush&#039;s meddling in &quot;edumacation.&quot;  Believe me, folks, not all Texans are brain damaged from excess neurotrophic chemical use, just some of the more prominent.  After all, Longnecks (local beer) and the proximity of the Mexican border make for a potent combination of drugs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Rep. Culberson Offers Incoherent And Illogical Stance On Gay Marriage&#8221;</p>
<p>What other stance on anything has he ever offered?  This man illustrates the deficiencies of the Texas public school system and the results of Bush&#8217;s meddling in &#8220;edumacation.&#8221;  Believe me, folks, not all Texans are brain damaged from excess neurotrophic chemical use, just some of the more prominent.  After all, Longnecks (local beer) and the proximity of the Mexican border make for a potent combination of drugs.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658987', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Cal Malenky</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5658933</link>
		<dc:creator>Cal Malenky</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another Texas dumbass. What a surprise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another Texas dumbass. What a surprise.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658933', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Angry McAngus</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5658909</link>
		<dc:creator>Angry McAngus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 23:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Republican politicians like Culberson obviously function under the notion that their audience is always as stupid as themselves and will just get lost in the incoherence.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Republican politicians like Culberson obviously function under the notion that their audience is always as stupid as themselves and will just get lost in the incoherence.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658909', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5658827</link>
		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 22:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, and if you beat the guy up afterward it never happened.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, and if you beat the guy up afterward it never happened.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658827', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5658811</link>
		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 22:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;wiley Says:

Has anyone told the homophobes that gays want to marry in order to have a partner?&lt;/em&gt;

They don&#039;t understand that.  According to their belief system you&#039;re only gay during the time your pooper-hole is actually occupied by somebody else&#039;s wee-wee.  As soon as it&#039;s removed, you&#039;re straight again and can go back to your family.  And BJ&#039;s don&#039;t even count, provided you don&#039;t know the guy&#039;s name.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>wiley Says:</p>
<p>Has anyone told the homophobes that gays want to marry in order to have a partner?</em></p>
<p>They don&#8217;t understand that.  According to their belief system you&#8217;re only gay during the time your pooper-hole is actually occupied by somebody else&#8217;s wee-wee.  As soon as it&#8217;s removed, you&#8217;re straight again and can go back to your family.  And BJ&#8217;s don&#8217;t even count, provided you don&#8217;t know the guy&#8217;s name.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658811', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: klittle32</title>
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		<dc:creator>klittle32</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 22:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a bumbling idiot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a bumbling idiot.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658787', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wiley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/27/culberson-makes-everyone-dumber-on-gay-marriage/comment-page-2/#comment-5658733</link>
		<dc:creator>wiley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 22:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anyone told the homophobes that gays want to marry in order to have a partner? Being gay is more than just wanting to have sex with someone of your own sex, it&#039;s being attracted as partners? Do these anti-sex straights just marry the person they want to have sex with. or what? If they are just using their married partner for sex, then they aren&#039;t doing the institution of marriage any favors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anyone told the homophobes that gays want to marry in order to have a partner? Being gay is more than just wanting to have sex with someone of your own sex, it&#8217;s being attracted as partners? Do these anti-sex straights just marry the person they want to have sex with. or what? If they are just using their married partner for sex, then they aren&#8217;t doing the institution of marriage any favors.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658733', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;zuch Says:

At least one. We did.&lt;/em&gt;

I gotta say zuch, that dude you married is really goofy looking.  Cheers. :D</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>zuch Says:</p>
<p>At least one. We did.</em></p>
<p>I gotta say zuch, that dude you married is really goofy looking.  Cheers. :D<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658727', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;republicans hate facts Says:

I don&#039;t think culberson realizes that &quot;Homosexual Behavior&quot; is already legal thanks to Lawrence v. Texas. &lt;/em&gt;

As far as I can tell, Republicans understand the law about as well as they understand science, economics or diplomacy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>republicans hate facts Says:</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t think culberson realizes that &#8220;Homosexual Behavior&#8221; is already legal thanks to Lawrence v. Texas. </em></p>
<p>As far as I can tell, Republicans understand the law about as well as they understand science, economics or diplomacy.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658725', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Matt Algren</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Algren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First, nobody&#039;s talking about &#039;private behavior&#039;.

Second, I&#039;m more reminded of Sarah Palin&#039;s &quot;We&#039;re ill about this&quot; response to Katie Couric last fall.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First, nobody&#8217;s talking about &#8216;private behavior&#8217;.</p>
<p>Second, I&#8217;m more reminded of Sarah Palin&#8217;s &#8220;We&#8217;re ill about this&#8221; response to Katie Couric last fall.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658698', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: wags</title>
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		<dc:creator>wags</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;That only a very few people are discriminated against is hardly any absolution from the crime of discrimination. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Bingo.

And congrats!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>That only a very few people are discriminated against is hardly any absolution from the crime of discrimination. </p></blockquote>
<p>Bingo.</p>
<p>And congrats!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658688', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: zuch</title>
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		<dc:creator>zuch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#41  chiroptera toasterhead Says:

&lt;i&gt;[T]he trolls have tried to use it before. They seem to think that the fact that only a few thousand gay people were in relationships and at the stage in their relationships where they wanted to be married, for the brief time that they were legally allowed to be married in California, constitutes proof that this is a non-issue.

I wonder how many heterosexual couples applied for marriage licenses during that same time period...&lt;/i&gt;

At least one.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/zuch.photog/WeddingPictures#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;We did&lt;/a&gt;.  And I&#039;m proud and glad to say that we got married at a time when this ceremony was available to all and sundry who wanted to do so.

FWIW though, it really doesn&#039;t matter if few, most, or all those wanting to get married are gay.  That only a very few people are discriminated against is hardly any absolution from the crime of discrimination.  The majority &lt;i&gt;doesn&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; get discriminated against, as the &lt;i&gt;Carolene Products&lt;/i&gt; famous footnote alludes to.

Cheers,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#41  chiroptera toasterhead Says:</p>
<p><i>[T]he trolls have tried to use it before. They seem to think that the fact that only a few thousand gay people were in relationships and at the stage in their relationships where they wanted to be married, for the brief time that they were legally allowed to be married in California, constitutes proof that this is a non-issue.</p>
<p>I wonder how many heterosexual couples applied for marriage licenses during that same time period&#8230;</i></p>
<p>At least one.  <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/zuch.photog/WeddingPictures#" rel="nofollow">We did</a>.  And I&#8217;m proud and glad to say that we got married at a time when this ceremony was available to all and sundry who wanted to do so.</p>
<p>FWIW though, it really doesn&#8217;t matter if few, most, or all those wanting to get married are gay.  That only a very few people are discriminated against is hardly any absolution from the crime of discrimination.  The majority <i>doesn&#8217;t</i> get discriminated against, as the <i>Carolene Products</i> famous footnote alludes to.</p>
<p>Cheers,<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658685', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: herecomestheangst</title>
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		<dc:creator>herecomestheangst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 21:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Do these &quot;Reagan&quot; Republicans even know what &quot;separate/separation&quot; even means anymore?

Oh, the actual Magna Carta is at the Reagan Library.  Maybe the Republican Congress should take a field trip and start with the basics, since they can&#039;t interpret our legal documents worth a tinkers damn!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do these &#8220;Reagan&#8221; Republicans even know what &#8220;separate/separation&#8221; even means anymore?</p>
<p>Oh, the actual Magna Carta is at the Reagan Library.  Maybe the Republican Congress should take a field trip and start with the basics, since they can&#8217;t interpret our legal documents worth a tinkers damn!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5658660', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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