
The 2021 Holberg Debate on Identity Politics: J. Butler, C. West, G.Greenwald and S. Critchley.
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Gay Marriage and It's a Good Loss to Survive
Even in Brazil people would say to me look if gay families are okay if gay marriage is okay then you're saying that the idea of the family the heterosexual family is stipulated by the Bible. I'm not sure if really the Bible it's a certain reading of the Bible anyway, but all you've lost is your sense of universality necessity and naturalness. That's a good loss to endure because it will in the end connect you more broadly to the human community so I don't know that's my view. So wherever you are in the world I hope you enjoy it there as much as I enjoy it there"
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