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I've never been religious before, I've never even been to church... I know that's kind of odd with me living in the heat of the bible belt and all..
But I'm glad I see another take on this issue, a religious one at that too! Enough of this condemning with the bible I'm tired of it
That was a really great article.

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What's it going to be then eh?

I was raised to be very religious, although I can't say that I am anymore. My mom is still very religious though and she freaking KNOWS the Bible and will gladly use a combination of scriptural texts, logic, and common decency to argue against homophobia and hate. She's kinda my hero in life in general.

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I'm not evil...I'm just hungry **manic grin**

I used to be in groups, but they all went and died on me. Ah wells, such is life, although this one died and came back (badum-ching). ~Brain-Damaged

lol, well religion doesn't determine who you are. You determine who you are, religion's not a bad thing unless someone makes it that way. I'm glad to hear that your mom will fight tooth and nail against this hate, and on a religious side at that too! with wit! We need more people with this kind of thinking. I feel for my best friend Candice, she's lesbian... but her mom doesn't tolerate it, she thought it was something she would grow out of. She's never liked guys as far as I'm concerned. Her southern baptist mother has her talk to a psychiatrist because of this. I was there when she told her mom 3 years ago that this is who she is, she's gay and isn't going to change. Her mom flew off the handle and was quoting everything in the bible to be vindictive and spiteful. I was there to support my friend, and because of this I'm no longer welcome at their house. They said that I'm a bad influence, and that I should never come back. I had to walk home about 12 miles at night. We have to keep a low profile on our friendship which really pisses me off! Her father won't even look at her, they won't help her pay for college... they want her out the door at 18 if she doesn't change her ways. This is retarded, aren't they supposed to be loving parents? She has to secretly date her girlfriend of 2 years, which she genuinely loves, but can't tell her parents. She's really depressed over this, and I don't blame her. The same thing will happen to me if I tell my parents... I've never felt any attraction to any guy or any body for that matter. I must be undersexed or something, so I think that I am asexual, but I'm not for sure... nothing's ever for sure. Candice doesn't believe me one bit over this, she tells me that I'm either closeted or pansexual... and I don't really know what that means... other than I rarely notice the gender of someone, which is so true, I feel terrible about it often.
anyways, i didn't mean to write this much, I got a little carried away on this.

i'm glad to hear that y'all are taking a stand on this.
I'm with you on this
your mom is my hero too


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That is really sad that her parents reacted that way. I'm also sorry that you don't feel you can tell your parents who you are also. Hopefully one day you'll be able to do so. I have a friend that accidently came out to her parents a few months ago. Her parents told her she had to break up with her girlfriend (of 3 years), go to church and ask god for forgiveness, and stop being gay or else they would stop paying for her college and also not allow her to come home. Her parents were her heroes in life and she loved them more than anything; it hurt her terribly to have them say those things to her. I keep hoping for the day that everyone will just accept each other for who they are. Ya like who ya like and if you don't like anyone there is nothing wrong with that either. Just be yourself.

And no worries about writing a lot; it doesn't bother me at all.

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I'm not evil...I'm just hungry **manic grin**

I used to be in groups, but they all went and died on me. Ah wells, such is life, although this one died and came back (badum-ching). ~Brain-Damaged

sorry it took me forever to respond... I mean I feel absolutely terrible, school's been crazy.

I know it's sad the way they reacted to her, I recently bought "Milk" a few days ago under my parents nose, I was watching it yesterday... and my parents got pissed that I was watching a "gay movie" What the hell? I thought it was great, and when I watched the Oscars I liked Sean Penn's speech about same sex marriage, how we are not truly equal until each state makes it legal... and that people who discriminate about this matter ought to be ashamed. he said something like "our grand children will look upon you[the ignorant people] with shame in their eyes" My parents just changed the channel. They don't understand that its a big deal. I remember at the time when California was legalizing same-sex marriage, my parents got all pissy over the subject. I asked, "What's so wrong with same sex marriage? If the people love each other then what's the difference I don't see one, isn't it the same as a regular marriage?" i was grounded for a month after I said that... they said something that "It's not the same, and the whole point is to protect the sanctity of marriage" WTF? I'm so confused, there are so many heterosexual couples that marry and then divorce... the divorce rate is so high! and then there's all the affairs... it's not that pure.

sorry about that little tangent.

I feel for your friend. That's fucking bullshit what her parents are doing. That's infringing upon her rights. Did she do what her parents say? Do they see what they're doing to her? I don't understand why parents do this to their own children. It's grotesque.

And I can't wait for that day either

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