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Are Gremlins the New Black?

by Josh Marshall
10.21.14 | 9:14 am

South Carolina Republican doubles down on his attack on “Gremlins” – his word for gay men. “What we have is, I made a comment that same-sex couples that want to destroy traditional marriage and our way of life, they’re gremlins. They’re these creatures that are so destructive.”

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