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Bill Clinton: I think there are too many people who don't know gay men and lesbian women in the ordinary course of their lives, and…

On the recordDecember 22, 1999
I think there are too many people who don't know gay men and lesbian women in the ordinary course of their lives, and they don't see that there are people who--their friends, their sisters, their brothers, their sons, their daughters, their co-workers, and that it is--my judgment is it's not a lifestyle people choose. It is the way people are. It's too hard--it's too hard a life for people to just up and---- Mr. King. Why choose it?
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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