Archive for December, 2008

Pop Quiz!
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Consider the following transcript from a recent television broadcast:

FIRST PERSON: If the American people are not convinced that we should overturn the definition of marriage, then I would say that those who support the idea of same-sex marriage have a lot of work to do to convince the rest of us [...].

SECOND PERSON: I think it’s an absolute — it’s a travesty that people have forced someone who is gay to have to make their case that they deserve the same basic rights.

Question:  Which of these two people received more than 20% of the popular vote during a major party’s presidential primary?

Extra credit: Explain how anyone could say the following sentence with a straight face. No credit will be given for “Maybe if he was a robot or something?”

The basic purpose of a marriage is not just to create the next generation, but to train the replacements.

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