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Barney Frank: “To tell millions of Americans who are gay and lesbian that they are not bad people.”

On the recordNovember 6, 2007
To tell millions of Americans who are gay and lesbian that they are not bad people.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Barney Frank discusses a new federal law moving through Congress to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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