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Is same-sex marriage a civil rights issue?
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Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL-Minneapolis, says African-Americans should support the efforts of gays to marry. "We know what it's like to not have your rights. We know what it's like to be deprived of your liberty and therefore we ought to know better," he says. (MPR Photo/Tom Scheck)

Rep. Keith Ellison, DFL-Minneapolis, says African-Americans should support the efforts of gays to marry. "We know what it's like to not have your rights. We know what it's like to be deprived of your liberty and therefore we ought to know better," he says.

(MPR Photo/Tom Scheck)
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