(b)  After all, she's an unabashed lesbian    BECAUSE    (a)  whatever she says about values is wrong.

Does this make sense? No, it doesn't. Sentence (b) does not follow from sentence (a); sentence (a) does not support sentence (b). Let's try it the other way:

 (a)  Whatever she says about values is wrong    BECAUSE       (b)  after all,  she's an unabashed lesbian. 

This makes sense. Of course, this doesn't mean that it's a good argument. It merely shows which part is the conclusion and which part is the reason. Clearly, sentence (a) is supposed to follow from sentence (b) and sentence (b) is supposed to provide support, evidence, or proof for sentence (a).

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