Gay marriage can't be a partisan issue because as long as there are partisan issues or cultural issues in this country, you'll have trench warfare like on the western front in World War I. You'll have lots of carnage and no progress. (Peter Thiel)

Gay marriage can't be a partisan issue because as long as there are partisan issues or cultural issues in this country, you'll have trench warfare like on the western front in World War I. You'll have lots of carnage and no progress.

Peter Thiel

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