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Tony Perkins: The reality is that kids need a mom and a dad. That is what marriage is about.

On the recordNovember 11, 2008
The reality is that kids need a mom and a dad. That is what marriage is about.
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Tony Perkins

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Tony Perkins argues that marriage should be defined as a union between a mother and a father.

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