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When it comes to same-sex marriage, is pointed satire possible - not merely on the Jon Stewart or Jay Leno TV shows but in political life? Certainly not in federal court, where the issue has taken on a life-or-death quality for gays. But the ballot box is another story. The most important gay-rights case ever starts next month in San Francisco's federal court building. There's talk of bringing TV cameras into the courtroom, a…