"Americans should be proud that this is just one more step in the ongoing recognition that we treat everybody fairly and that everybody's part of a family, and we judge people on the basis of their character and their performance and not their sexual orientation, " he said.

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But, the scurrilous allegations of sexual harassment and then an affair were attacks on his character, something for which his experience as CEO could not prepare him.

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Infidelity, sexual perversions, arrogance and the full spectrum of morally repugnant character traits will deliver a jury verdict for the prosecution more reliably than actual evidence of wrongdoing.

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