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On the recordFebruary 13, 2018
I think it is very much connected that if people of the same sex holding hands down a street are viciously beaten because they're married, or killed, and there is a vicious pattern of that, I think that constitutes a very big violation of their rights.
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Adriano Espaillat
Democratic · New York

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Espaillat links violence against same-sex couples to broader human rights violations.

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