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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congress.govElijah Cummings: “Somehow we, as a country, have allowed the term 'equality,' which is an absolute term, to be redefined to mean more…”
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Cummings critiques the redefinition of equality in the context of LGBT rights.
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