"The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.“

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"The plane took off at 8:10 in the morning - or that's when it was scheduled to take off. And that's when I believe it took off. I had been in my office at the Department of Justice. Someone told me that there had been the two strikes that occurred at the World Trade Center."

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