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Shrek

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3. He addresses that explicitly

Reply to harumph (Reply #2)

Wed May 13, 2026, 09:52 AM

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When we were fighting for gay rights — a fight I think we have essentially won — we knew that some issues were more popular than others. So we tended to start by trying to win the ones that were most popular. Gays in the military. Employment. We didn’t go after same-sex marriage, we didn’t make marriage a litmus test, until the very end.

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