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NYT writer’s ‘Case for gay reparation’ is incredibly weak

By Brad Polumbo

Published June 17, 2019 8:06pm ET

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NYT writer’s ‘Case for gay reparation’ is incredibly weak — A monumental stair at the FDR Four Freedoms State Park is transformed into a giant, rainbow-hued LGBTQ flag in celebration of WorldPride, Monday, June 17, 2019, on Roosevelt Island in New York. | (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

It’s time for straight Americans to pay.

Heterosexuals owe their gay compatriots not just an apology for historical grievances, but financial compensation, too. Or at least, that’s the assertion of professor Omar G. Encarnación in a New York Times op-ed that circulated over the weekend, titled “The Case for Gay Reparation.”

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