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$\"Kim$ <\/p>\n

$\"Gun$ <\/p>\n

$\"Straight$ <\/p>\n

And this one is from a while back, yet\u00a0could have been made today:<\/p>\n

$\"Marriage$ <\/p>\n

The first two come via other Patheos bloggers Hemant Mehta<\/a> and Ben Corey<\/a>. Ben\u2019s mirrors this statement which Daily Kos turned into a meme:<\/p>\n

$\"Jon$ <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"