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Barack Obama: No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hands of the person they love.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on the Enactment of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

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