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I am...

I am the guy who came out to the entire school in his senior speech and got a standing ovation for his courage.

I am the girl who kisses her girlfriend on the sidewalk and laughs at those who glare.

We are the couple who planned and studied and got a damn good lawyer and BEAT the state that wanted to take our child away.

We are the ones who took martial arts classes and carry pepper spray and are just too dangerous to gay bash.

I am the transgender person who uses the bathroom that suits me, and demands that any complaining staff explain their complaint to my face in front of the entire restaurant--and shares with my other trans friends which restaurants don't raise a stink.

I am the mother who told her lesbian daughter to invite her girlfriend over for dinner.

I am the father who punished his son for calling you a fag.

I am the preacher who told my congregation that love, not hate, is the definition of a true follower of God.

I am the girl who did not learn the meaning of "homosexual" until high school but never thought to question why two men might be kissing.

I am the woman who argues (quite loudly and vehemently) with the bigots who insist that you do not have the right to marry or raise children.

We are the high school class who agrees, unanimously, along with our teacher, that love should be all that matters.

If you agree, repost this. Do it. You don't have to be afraid. You can handle it. You're stronger than you think.

I am making a difference. Hate will not win.

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Take that, you mean spirited, small-minded idiots! In the end, history shall be your judge, and they'll inevitably say that you who dare to hate others and then justify your hatred by calling it tough love, or the love of a holy god, shall be damned for violently trying to subvert others to your cause and kill those who dare to love bravely, honestly, and without prejudice.

No special rights!

(Warning! Satire follows!)

Our country is in danger. There are people out there who are trying to undermine the most basic moral structure of our country.

Their agenda is nothing less than imposing their "lifestyle" on the rest of us. Destroying our families and friends by forcing us to allow abhorrent behavior.

They claim that they are being discriminated against, that the legal changes they want are fair, that they are the "right" thing to do.

In reality, they want "special" rights. Rights not available to other groups. They wish to push their lifestyle on the rest of us and deny us the right to live as we chose, to exercise our beliefs freely.

I'm speaking, of course, about the Radical Religious Right...