Sen. Jim DeMint Doesn’t Think Gays and Loose Women Should be Teachers

That’s funny, because I don’t think that bigots should be senators. [Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.]

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Lindsay Beyerstein

October 6, 2010

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That’s funny, because I don’t think that bigots should be senators.

[Photo: Gage Skidmore, Creative Commons.]

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