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The patron saint of the The Third of the Month speaks out:

"I see no problem with gay couples marrying. It’s a decision between two people — the government has no business interfering. … The same people who are fighting gay marriage fought black and white marriage and fought school integration."

-Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the former U.S. surgeon general, at the national meeting of a United Methodist women’s group; Elders was fired by President Clinton in 1994 after suggesting that high school students should be taught about masturbation as a form of safe sex (Tri-Valley Herald, Pleasanton, Calif., March 14)