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Joe Scarborough: And you would be called a bigot because you do not sit back and say absolutely nothing. Again it is not an issue of…

On the recordMarch 6, 1997
And you would be called a bigot because you do not sit back and say absolutely nothing. Again it is not an issue of intolerance, it is not an issue of whether I am going to judge somebody for the life they live. That is up to them. That is what America is about. But at the same time private organizations have a right to make private decisions.
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Joe Scarborough
Florida

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Discussing the rights of private organizations in relation to individual beliefs.

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