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Not The Wedge It Used To Be

by David Kurtz
03.17.11 | 7:48 am

One of the most significant features of the fight over the Defense of Marriage Act is that all sides basically concede that gay rights is now a winning political issue for Democrats. As Benjy Sarlin reports, that’s a huge change in the political and social landscape.

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