<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Coming Out Of The&nbsp;Year]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Andy Towle has a <a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2013/12/50.html" target="_blank">dizzyingly long list</a> of what are mercifully becoming less news-worthy events. My vote goes to Ted Chalfen, a senior at Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado, for this integrating, positive commencement speech, which managed to avoid all sense of victimology:</p>
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<p>How can anyone not describe this as a moral advance for America?</p>
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