The day Rahm met a real gay rights advocate

America Blog  Nov 01 09

A funny thing happened to White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel during the reception for the hate crimes bill. Someone in Washington, DC finally stood up to him. And it was a lesbian mom from Newton, Mass...

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