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Joe Barton: I don't think social public acceptance is a criteria under the law.

On the recordMay 31, 2011
I don't think social public acceptance is a criteria under the law.
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Joe Barton
Republican · Texas

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Barton asserts that public acceptance shouldn't influence legal decisions.

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