I lost a cousin today...no, not to death, but I'm probably dead to her now. I make no bones about supporting gay rights because it affects MY family and some of my close friends. Apparently I'm going to absolutely burn in hell over it. I was deleted and blocked by my *Christian* cousin who called me a *shit stick* and said another of my friends could *kiss my ass*. Doesn't sound like a very *Christ-like* attitude. I AM for equal rights under the law for ALL citizens. I AM against all of the same arguments that were used when rights were being denied to American Indians, women, blacks and interracial couples. When we don't speak up when rights are denied to one group who will speak up when WE become the next group? I would rather be loved for who I am and what I stand for than love for what I'm NOT.
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
~Martin Niem�ller
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