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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
Somehow we, as a country, have allowed the term 'equality,' which is an absolute term, to be redefined to mean more rights for some individuals and fewer for others.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings critiques the redefinition of equality in the context of LGBT rights.

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