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Forcing Larry Craig's resignation while embracing David Vitter

Cost-free moralism is the only type the right-wing "traditional marriage" movement believes in.
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  • Monday, September 3, 2007 12:46 PM

    The Embrace of Respectability

    Evidently it is more respectable to dress in a diaper with a prostitute than seek anonymous sex in a bathroom. It is more respectable to seek comfort with the opposite sex than with one's own. And it is more respectable to lie about who one is than to stand up for it. It is more respectable to make the lives of others miserable by one's own position and prejudices than to be honest.

    Oh, the respectability. Are we going to march over the cliff together wearing our suits and ties?

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