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12:28 PM, Dec 9, 2009 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

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Ben Smith reports on the recent reversals in the fight for "marriage equality":

"It is a historical inevitability, if for no other reason than the old people will eventually die, and the young people are overwhelmingly in favor of it," said David Mixner, a veteran gay rights activist.

To which I can only say, we're here, we're conservative, get used to it...

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