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TASK FORCE AND JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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Harleston, Robb - Host
AND CIVIL UNIONS IN AMERICA. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. GUEST: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. HOST: THANK YOU FOR COMING. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE OFFICIAL ADMINISTRATION STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE. THERE WAS THE STATEMENT BY VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ON SUNDAY ON "MEET VIRGINIA" -- "MEET THE PRESS"...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
WHAT HE FEELS AND HE CLEARLY SPOKE WITH CLARITY AND DISTINCT ABOUT HIS COMFORT WITH THIS ISSUE. AND -- DISTINCTION ABOUT HIS COMFORT WITH THIS ISSUE....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
AND LISTENERS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY AND WE'LL GET A REACTION FROM YOU. >> THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED THIS AND SAID HIS PERSONAL VIEWS ARE EVOLVING THE...
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THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF HIS UNPARALLELED REGARD IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHTS INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPEAL SUCCESSFULLY DON'T-ASK, DON'T-TELL....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
EVOLVING? GUEST: WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT THERE YET, OBVIOUSLY. HE'S NOT WILLING TO COME OUT AND SAY WHAT I THINK WE ALL BELIEVE HIS RECORDS
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
HAVE DEMONSTRATED WHICH IS THAT THE SUPPORTS US BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NOTION OF EVOLVING. UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HEAR THE WORDS, A...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
QUESTION SHOULD SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BE LEGALLY VALID? AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH A SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 50% SAY IT SHOULD BE VALID, 48% SAY IT SHOULD NOT...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEADER TO SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP AND HELP TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD ON THIS VERY
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
IMPORTANT ISSUE. I MEAN THE REALITY IS SOCIAL ISSUES, ECONOMIC ISSUES, THESE THINGS ARE NOT VERY MUCH DISCONNECTED IN OUR COUNTRY. SO THE REALITY IS...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IS 202-730002 FOR REPUBLICANS -- YOU CAN ALSO REACH US BY ANY ONE OF THREE ELECTRONIC SOCIAL MEDIA. OUR FIRST CALL FOR DARLENE NIPPER, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE...
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TO HAVE HAPPINESS IS OUR CONSTITUTION. OK, STARTING WITH THAT. BUT NO SPECIAL -- NO SPECIAL DEALS, NO, YOU KNOW, DON'T, YOU KNOW, EXPECT TO HAVE ANYTHING...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING ANYTHING UNIQUE OR SPECIAL. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS HAVING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD. SO RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE NOT RECEIVING THE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS FOR EVERYBODY. MARRIAGE IS I BELIEVE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. AND IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE SO MANY BLAME THEY'RE CHRISTIAN, THEN...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IT'S WRONG. SO DON'T SAY YOU'RE
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A CHRISTIAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CANNOT GO BY THE BIBLE. I REALIZE THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT COME ON. DON'T RESPECT OUR MORALS AND OUR VALUES OF THIS...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO TEACH ITS -- THIS IS NOT ABOUT THAT AND I DO BELIEVE THAT MARRIAGE, MARRIAGE ITSELF, NOT CIVIL UNIONS, NOT DOMESTIC...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HAS A FULL BEVY OF RIGHTS AND IT'S HUGE. IT'S MORE THAN ABOUT THE
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
RIGHTS. I THINK WHAT PEOPLE ARE ALLUDING TO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT A DIFFERENCE IS THIS SENSE THAT SOMEHOW, THE CIVIL UNION IS GOING TO COVER JUST THE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
HOPE I COULD DO THIS WITH THE COMPASSION AND LOVE THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH. IT IS WRONG TO BE A HOMOSEXUAL NOT BECAUSE I SAY SO OR BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT
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SAYS SO. IT IS WRONG BECAUSE GOD SAYS IT IS WRONG. IT IS NOT ONLY NOT COMMON SENSE AS A WAY TO HAVE TWO MEN OR TWO WOMEN TOGETHER BUT IT IS GOD SAYING...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
THE BIGGEST ROLE THAT I HAVE AND OTHER MINISTERS TO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS TO HELP PEOPLE WALK IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE AND DETERMINE WHAT CHOICES THEY...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
MORNING, I HAVE A QUESTION -- SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO BE EQUAL TO EVERYBODY.
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THEY HAVE BEEN MINISTER IS IN THE MILITARY THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD NOT TO PREACH AGAINST SIN OR OR HOMOSEXUALITY WHICH IS A SIN ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE. THERE...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
IS IN RESTRICTING THE MINISTER'S ABILITY TO PREACH WHATEVER THEY PREACH AT THE PULPIT. THIS IS NOT WHAT MARRIAGE EQUALITY IS ABOUT. IT HAS NOTHING TO...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
POLLS OPEN AT 6:30 A.M. AND ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE BALLOT IS THE ISSUE, AMENDMENT 1 . IT SAYS IS A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BANNING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
WILL FIND OUT SHORTLY WHAT THAT WILL MEAN. THE FACT THAT THAT MEASURE IS AN ATTEMPT TO BAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND GOES AS FAR AS TO SAY THAT EVEN CIVIL...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
DEFEATED JUST IN DEBATE. MITT ROMNEY CAN SAY WHAT HE WILL DO BUT WE ARE ALL CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS A RECORD HE CAN STAND ON. HE HAS BEEN THE PRESIDENT...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
OUR TIME FROM DEMOCRATS -- ON OUR LINE FROM DEMOCRATS. CALLER: I HAVE A CONCERN -- I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE MIXING
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UP -- I THINK POLITICS AND RELIGION ARE TWO SEPARATE AND I THINK THEY ARE STRONG AND I BELIEVE IN THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE AND HAVE A PROBLEM...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: I AM SICK OF CLOSE RELIGIOUS
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PEOPLE SAYING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS NOT RIGHT. THERE ARE SO MANY DIVORCES. THEY TALK ABOUT ABORTION, NAME ME ONE DAY A COUPLE THAT EVER HAD AN ABORTION....
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
OUR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT IN OUR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS ARE VERY PERSONAL AND CHALLENGING ISSUES FOR US IN TERMS OF HOW WE WANT...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
IT BREAKS DOWN STATES ACCORDING TO THINGS IN THEIR CONSTITUTION DEFINING MARIS IS A UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND WOMAN. THE VERY DARKEST BLUE STATES ON THIS...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
BECAUSE WE ARE FIGHTING BACK A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND MINNESOTA. IN MAINE, WE HAD THE FIRST PRO- ACTIVE MEASURE AND WE WILL GO TO THE BALLOT TO...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. THIS THING WITH MARRIAGE EQUALITY, THIS REMINDS
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ME OF SO RIGHTS. THESE WORDS ARE BEING CONVOLUTED AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS, YOU GUYS ARE ABUSING IT. MARRIAGE IS NOTHING BUT AN INSTITUTION....
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Harleston, Robb - Host
COME BACK ENGAGE IN SOME DIALOGUE. GUEST: I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE CONFUSED CIVIL-RIGHTS AT ALL. IN FACT, I THINK I AM TALKING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
I HEAR ALL THE ISSUES ABOUT BEING AFRICAN-AMERICAN OR HAVING OTHER ISSUES THAT ONE THINKS OF AS PERMANENT. BECAUSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
LEGALLY, PROVISIONS IN YOUR STATE THAT PREVENT DARLENE NIPPER AND YOUR WIFE IF SHE WERE MARRIED -- THERE ARE ISSUES THEY COULD NOT ADDRESS AS A MARRIED...
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NOT BEING DENIED THE RIGHT TO MARRY. THE STATE OF FLORIDA UNDERSTANDS THAT NOT ALL RELATIONSHIPS ARE EQUAL. JUST LIKE YOU HAVE GIRLFRIENDS AND BOYFRIENDS,...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
STATE OF FORD'S TO CONVENTIONAL COUPLES. THE VERYGUEST: THE VERY SIMPLE EXAMPLE IS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO HAD THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEIR DOMESTIC...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: DARLENE LET ME THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING SO ELOQUENTLY AND CLEARLY ABOUT THIS TOPIC. I THINK YOU ARE REALLY INFORMING MANY
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PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE FULL BREADTH OF THIS SUBJECT. I HAVE TWO COMMENTS. I AM AN AMERICAN-BORE MUSLIM AND I WILL BE GETTING MARRIED TO MY...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
IS REALLY, SIMPLY ABOUT REAL PEOPLE, AND HUMAN BEINGS WHO WANT TO LOVE AND SHARE AND A FAMILY. THEY WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE SOCIETY IN WHICH THEY LIVE...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
INDEPENDENCE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING, I WANT TO MAKE A GOOD POINT
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Harleston, Robb - Host
TO OTHER RELIGIOUS NUTS OUT THERE THAT ALWAYS SAY I AM A CHRISTIAN MAN HAD THAT PROBLEM ALL MY LIFE.
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THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS HAVE ALWAYS TELL YOU THAT YOU CANNOT POLICE BACKED OUT OF YOUR BROTHER'S EYE WHEN YOU HAVE APPLIED IN YOUR ON. OWN. WE ALL SEND...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
LESS -- WOULD THERE BE MORE DEBATE ON THE SAID THERE WERE LEGISLATORS ARE LAWMAKER THAT WERE EITHER OUT? GUEST: I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN TERMS...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
WOULD MOVE ALONG. WE HAVE ALWAYS COME FROM A HISTORY OF COMING OUT AND TELLING OUR STORIES AND BEING AUTHENTIC AS OURSELVES. AS A CORNERSTONE OF THE...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
NICE TALKING TO YOU. LET ME ASK YOU
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A QUESTION AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW UP. IS DRIVING OUR A QUESTION. YOU SAID THAT PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE HAVE= = OPPOS AND...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL BUS TO OPEN OURSELVES TO SEE EACH OTHER AND SEE WHO WE ARE. CALLER:Y'ALL HAVE OPEN YOURSELF UP BUT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
ADULTERY AND HOMOSEXUALITY. BECAUSE THOSE THINGS DELVE INTO THE BODY TO SUCH A DEGREE, THERE IS NO WAY THAT HUMAN LIFE CAN BE SUSTAINED IN A TYPE OF...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
I HONOR THAT AND UNDERSTAND THAT AND I RECOGNIZE IT. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT WHAT HE SAID IS DEAD HE MENTIONED SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES IN THE BIBLE WHICH...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
CALLER: I WILL TRY TO BE REQUIRED. MY GENERAL COMMENT IS THIS MIXTURE OF GOD AND GOVERNMENT.
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RELIGION REALLY DOESN'T PLAY ROLE IN THE RIGHTS ARE GOVERNMENT OF THE PORT. MARRIAGE LICENSES ARE ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS THAT...
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Nipper, Darlene - Deputy Executive Director
DIANE NIPPER FROM
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE GAY AND LESBIAN TASK FORCE. YOU CAN GO TO WORK -- THERE WEB SITE AND FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER. >> THANKS FOR HAVING MADE. HOST: COMING UP, A DISCUSSION...
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Harleston, Robb - Host
THE PROGRAM, WE'LL TALK TO WHAT IS NEXT FOR U.S. MARKETS AFTER EUROPEAN VOTERS REJECT AUSTERITY PLANS THERE. FIRST, CAMPAIGN 2012 NORTH CAROLINA TOUR...
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