{"id":44733,"date":"2012-07-04T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T16:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=44733"},"modified":"2012-07-04T09:45:20","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T17:45:20","slug":"defending-the-male-female-definition-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=44733","title":{"rendered":"Defending The Male-Female Definition Of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On his radio show July 3, 2012, Dennis said: &#8220;I&#8217;m going to do an hour on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_Blankenhorn\">David<br \/>\nBlankenhorn<\/a>. We choose the wrong people to defend the male-female definition of marriage. I don&#8217;t care if this sounds arrogant. I should&#8217;ve been chosen. I know the amount of hate and vitriol that might&#8217;ve been poured on me. 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