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Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 08:14 AM

Being both gay and Irish in New York is a difficult role for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Now the runaway favorite to be the next mayor, the 46-year-old will have major issues on both her ethnicity and her sexuality to resolve.
Happy St.George’s Day to all the English out there -- But he’s really not a patch on St. Patrick now is he?


Happy St. George’s Day if you are English. He’s the patron saint of England and his red and white crossed flag has long stood for England’s supremacy.
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