Brazilian Archbishop Dadeus Grings does his best Archie Bunker impersonation, seeming to wistfully recall the days when it was acceptable to discriminate against homosexuals. (Via the Daily Telegraph, HT Andrew Sullivan):

"When sexuality is trivialized, it's clear that this is going to affect all cases. Homosexuality is such a case. Before, the homosexual wasn't spoken of. He was discriminated against."When we begin to say they have rights, rights to demonstrate publicly, pretty soon, we'll find the rights of paedophiles," he said.

Eduardo M. Peñalver is the Allan R. Tessler Dean of the Cornell Law School. The views expressed in the piece are his own, and should not be attributed to Cornell University or Cornell Law School.

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