09/14/2009
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"Transgender people have been around for a long time. They have rights, and they need to be respected."
"If it is bad for politics, it is bad for people, you should use science."
"They have done nothing for 17 years and for years before that, and it goes back to the 1930s."
"I am absolutely disgusted by the Republican majority's bullying, bigoted framing of an issue that would otherwise be worthy of serious discussion."