Marriage EqualityI just want you to imagine with me for a moment.

Imagine you've found a person that completes you, that makes you feel happiness that you never thought possible.

They make you laugh.

They wipe away your tears.

You melt in their embrace.

Their kisses leave you breathless.

Their body, mind and soul, fit yours in what can only be described as perfection. To say you're in love with this person, is almost an understatement. You adore them. Everything they are, and everything they do.

Finally, the time in your lives comes when you want to be bonded together in a meaningful, significant way. You want to get married.

Now imagine, that you enc

Polite Hate-speechI am writing this for the many friends, friends of friends, relatives, and acquaintances who feel attacked for their beliefs that homosexuality is wrong. I have heard the complaint more times than I can count from people I know, sometimes people I respect. Often it is directed at me. "It isn't wrong to politely voice my religious views," they say. "I have as much a right to them as you have to yours. What makes your opinions more valid than mine?"

On the other hand, I will still condemn such statements as bigotry and even hate-speech. I claim they are hurtful, destructive, and socially unacceptable. Is that unreasonable? When is it a

LGBT Report On September 18th, 2011, fourteen year old Jamey Rodemeyer's body was found hanging outside his suburban home in Buffalo, New York. Jamey had always had problems with bullying, even before he had come out as bisexual. And after that, the bullying has gotten progressively worse. Only a couple months before his death, Jamey posted an "It Gets Better" video on his youtube account. In his video, he talked about the name calling, the prejudice, and the hate he had suffered from during middle school. Jamey's family thought that everything had truly been "getting better" since he had started high school, but this wasn't true. Before he died,

The CourtCase: The JuryRoom Day I Part IThree: Hello, everyone. I understand that this is not an ideal case.
One: No shit, Sherlock. It is not ideal to have to discover the fate of a faggot.
Twelve: 'e migh' as well call 'im by 'is name.
Four: Could you repeat that?
Two: Forget it! Look, I have done this before, thus I should be the foreman.
Three: I have been in politics, thus I should be the foreman.
Two: Wanna fight me on it?
Nine: Your wishes are not on trial. The more experienced, however, should take the chair.
Eleven: Sit your Indian-ass down, bitch!
Ten: Shush up! We might as well try to cooperate.
Four: I for one could actually care less what the verdict is.
Eight: Oh, really? And what makes you so special Ms. Furcoat?
Four: I have a cruise to catch with my estranged lover.
Six: 'An estranged lover', hm?
Eleven: It must be a girl.
Four: Ew! No, it is my horny secretary. Now, may we please stop discussing my personal agenda.
Eight: You started it!
Four: Shut up! I cannot believe they ever let you out of Harlem.
Eight

What is Perfect Love?No more.
I just can't take it any more of having to walk around and trying to pretend Im someone Im not.
For years, I'd hid my true self.
Ever since I found out who I was, I had locked myself in the closet.
I can still recall the smells of fabric and the feel of wool on my face. Yes, I was a bit too big to fit inside comfortably, but my own fear of what they would do if they ever found out had made me regardless.
It isn't shame that kept me in the closet. Its the fear of prejudice.
I am the trapped bird that has finally been let out.
The time to spread my wings and show the world my pride of who I really am has finally arrived and

David and JonathanProbably the most well-known relationship mentioned in the Bible was the one between David and Jonathan, who were regarded by some as homosexual lovers, and by others as merely close companions like brothers.And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:1)The primary meaning of the word ahab is sexual and romantic love, though it can also be used to describe a mutual friendship love or a love from God to man. The word nephesh is translated here as "soul" and it refers primarily to the life and passion of the pe

Real life? define that."You haven't lived"

"You need to get out of this fantasy and into the real world"

"It's the internet; you need to talk to real people, face to face!"

"I'm worried you're getting pulled into this, you can't trust people on the internet"

"You need to get out of those forums, go out and live"

These are some of the things said to me on a near daily basis.

I have something to say about it funnily enough.

I haven't lived.

Just because it isn't your definition of living doesn't mean I haven't lived.

I've seen your definition of living and I HATE it.

I don't want to go out every weekend shopping or whatever.

I don't want to go drinking, I

Unspoken ConfessionsI never told you why I ran away.
We were such close friends, then I shut you out.
I am sorry; my mind was full of doubt:
A secret that I had no words to say.

I ran away when I felt the calling
Of a feeling I did not want to know,
Or much less, a feeling that I could show.
Years later, I want to come back crawling.

Now, four years later, here's the confession:
I hid myself from you in such a rush
Because I had developed a huge crush.
It felt like betrayal of emotion.

And now, my old friend, I'll apologize,
Because, like me, this poem can't meet your eyes.

What Is Love? A little over six months ago, a boy who was interested in me at the time asked me what I thought love was. "What do you think love means? What does being in love mean to you?" he asked. Of course, the first thing that came to my mind was a face. Not his face. Someone else's face. Someone I'd been trying to convince myself I hadn't been in love with for the past six months.
I didn't tell him what immediately popped into my head, although I did answer him. And I answered him honestly. "Love is wanting to be with someone all the time," I replied. "Love is the pain you feel when that person is gone for even five minutes." I rattle

The CourtCase: The Convicted Part VIIClosing Statements
Prosecutor: I am aware that homosexuality is not 'the norm' or 'cool', but it's a feeling. Have you ever felt a feeling or done something you know is part of your personality and people disapprove, like stealing a piece of cake from the fridge, but you need your sugar, right? What about dragging around a blanket that you've never washed since you were four...but you love it, and it's been yours forever? Everyone has what they are and what they are told not to do. But, if you could dig within your understanding, your inner parent, you would want your child, even if they were 'different' or 'abnormal'...to be happy, or content or even just satisfied, right? That's all Mr. Butler wants. He wants to be happy.
Lawyer: Hm. 'Happy'? "Inner parent"? Really? If I were a mother, which I am, I would want my children to fit in. Just fit in. Who else is gay? Huh? We have gone through this and no one else in this room alone has known, seen, talked to anyone of the 'homosexual orie

what I knowI know fish swim and birds fly
The sky is blue and grass is green
I know I am so proud to call you mine
And your eyes are the loveliest I've seen

I know I want our love to stay so strong
As mighty as the ocean waves
It could keep the largest ship afloat
And stay sturdy in any storm

I know your kisses
Are sweeter than any nectar
And your hold on my heart
Is stronger than any titanium

I know you're the most beautiful soul
I've been lucky enough to hold on to
And I never want to let you
Slip through my fingers

loveYou are the sunlight
I love to wake up to
And hope to always see
Every morning someday

You've grown a garden
Of love inside my soul
From the seeds of kisses
You planted on my skin

You truly are an angel
Walking among the devils
That inhabit this world
Driving us all to madness

You've made the lyrics
In all my favorite love songs
Come to life with each melody
We make on our own

Frustrated ChristianSometimes Christians baffle me. I'm talking about a very specific group of Christians... a group that is much more prevalent and numerous than I want to believe. They want to draw souls to themselves, but they sneer and spit poison when they think no one was listening. They dominate the charity scene, but they pick and choose which people are deserving of their help. Not content to just cling to their faith, they choose to cling just as tightly to their behaviors, insisting that God is leading them so their behavior is right, no matter what anyone says. If any of these describe you, my message is for you.

You are sent to mirror the imag

HonestyTo anyone who wants to claim that 'reparative' therapy (to convert homosexuals to heterosexuals) should be legal for minors: at least be honest about what you support.

Systematically dehumanizing patients by telling them that they are dirty, broken, and shameful. Verbal abuse is a central part of the therapy.

Isolating patients from their friends and family and removing any methods of contact like phones and computers. Only approved people are allowed to be contacted at all. Phone calls are often monitered by therapists, violating any hope of privacy. Letters are read before being sent and, if the counselor does not approve of the cont

Christianity and HomosexualitySo a lot of times, the reason people are against homosexuality (or bisexuality, etc), it has to do with religious beliefs, namely the Abrahamic trio (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and, most vocally in the West, Christianity.
I would like to do some exploration of that.
First, let’s talk about what is said in the Old Testament.
A student essay I’ve read revealed that a verse in Levitcus, one most often cited, was mistransliterated to mean to be against homosexuality, when it was originally against sleeping with your partner for reasons other than sex;
The National Gay Pentecostal Alliance (NGPA) has analyzed the Leviticus verse in great detail to produce a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew. In English, with minimal punctuation added, they rendered it as: “And with a male thou shalt not lie down in beds of a woman; it is an abomi

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I can't take another step.
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My body has betrayed me.
My mind has as well.
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Dwindling within you.
My dear friend I'm sorry.
How I must burden you so.
I just have no other option.
Please, just for a moment,
reach out to me.
Help me back onto my feet.
When I am stable again.
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Or, if you'd so like,
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ask another thing of you.
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that you care for me.
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if you dessert me again.
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Rant Poem About A Douchebag I Love.I thought of my feelings.
Exclusively.
That was selfish to do.
I know now.
I'm so broken up and so confused.
That falls on you.
I never thought of her.
I was angry.
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I ponder.
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You wanted her and not me.
I understand.
But why couldn't you tell me?
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Why did you string me along?
You wanted her.
I really want to hate you.
I do.
I just love you to much.
I wish I didn't.
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a friend like you.
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by ~nocoisreal, Jul 28, 2012, 12:57:21 AM
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I want to find the girl that will be by my side through it all.
I want a boy who will stick it out with me in the hardest times.
I want a girl who will hold me close.
I want a boy who will hug me tightly.
I want a girl that I can call "beautiful" because to me she's just that.
I want a boy that I can call "handsome" because he is to me.
I want a girl who is unique and sticks by me.
I want a boy who's different and dedicated.
But all I really want is someone to love me.
Gender aside.

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All we want from people like hugs and holding are the same thing only with there small but distinct differences. Well that's practically the same with gender. The person is still the same person weather they are a girl or a boy.

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~latvia-lovi Feb 21, 2013 Hobbyist Photographer

I like this! Good job

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Thank you ^_^

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Wonderful is the best word to describe this.

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Oh~ Why thank you very much ^^

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What can I say ? This is just plain awesome.

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Thank you. I'm glad you liked it ^^

~balsa123 Jul 31, 2012

this is butiful

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thank you

~balsa123 Jul 31, 2012

im bi just so ya know ^^

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me as well

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