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In fact, it often occurs to me that it would be a very good idea to just give the institution of marriage exclusively to the gay community for 6 or 8 years and let them refurbish it, like they do with rundown neighborhoods.
Everyone agrees that Starr desperately wants to refurbish his public image--he gave up the Pepperdine deanship, hired a PR man, and exchanged angry notes with the Justice Department this week--though the commentariat is giving long odds on his success.