These officers attribute current efforts to lift the ban to "gay rights activists, " when in fact, according to consistent polling, four-fifths of the American public favors repeal, including majorities of Republicans, conservatives and even churchgoers.

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Though Wright refused to attribute his current situation to his presence in the WBC, the fact remains: Wright made the conscious decision to play through pain in what essentially amounts to a glorified exhibition, and now everybody must live with the consequences.

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But it is hard to find a banker or analyst who doesn't privately attribute a lot of the low valuation to the unnecessarily harsh impact of current regulations.

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