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<blockquote data-quote="gingerkat" data-source="post: 1195622" data-attributes="member: 43502"><p>I guess that is why text/message boards can go so wrong. I guess I get offended because I was bullied as a child because I was a "mixed breed" and was told I didn't belong because my skin was too dark, even though my dad was born there. So now, my feathers get ruffled when I feel people being picked on for being different.</p><p></p><p>Living where I live, there are tons of homosexuals and "freaks" if you will and I've learned to <em>try</em> and not judge any of them. I've not walked in any of their shoes and every one of them deserves a chance at love and marriage if they so choose. My cousin is a "masculine" gay and he got married in San Francisco before it was repealed. Can you imagine how it must feel to have the government/people tell you your love doesn't count because of your sexual orientation? That sucks! It would be no different if someone told me "ginger, you were married once, you failed and you don't get a second try". It should not be up to the government or religious rights groups to decided who should get to love and marry. </p><p></p><p>Last year I became good friends with a 60 y/o man who I would have never guess was gay. Sadly about 6 months into the friendship he got really ill with cancer and was unable to walk with his dog by my house every day. I ended up taking care of him and his needs. Before I got the gig with UPS, he told me with tears in his eyes that he was gay. He was afraid I wouldn't want to be his friend any longer. He told me the emotional pain of being gay was 10x the physical pain he had from bone cancer.</p><p></p><p>He died in December, while I was working. I miss him so much, as he was an incredible human being. It saddens me that he wasn't able to marry or really come out of the closet because of how people talk. He was an incredible man with a loving spirit.</p><p></p><p>My feelings are, as long as it's consensual and it doesn't hurt anyone, then be free to marry. Maybe states should be a little smarter and raise the fee's for marriage licenses?</p><p></p><p>I don't know, maybe this all comes down to being getting my ass kicked every day and then being called everything ugly for a lot of years. There were no anti-bullying campaigns when I was a kid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gingerkat, post: 1195622, member: 43502"] I guess that is why text/message boards can go so wrong. I guess I get offended because I was bullied as a child because I was a "mixed breed" and was told I didn't belong because my skin was too dark, even though my dad was born there. So now, my feathers get ruffled when I feel people being picked on for being different. Living where I live, there are tons of homosexuals and "freaks" if you will and I've learned to [I]try[/I] and not judge any of them. I've not walked in any of their shoes and every one of them deserves a chance at love and marriage if they so choose. My cousin is a "masculine" gay and he got married in San Francisco before it was repealed. Can you imagine how it must feel to have the government/people tell you your love doesn't count because of your sexual orientation? That sucks! It would be no different if someone told me "ginger, you were married once, you failed and you don't get a second try". It should not be up to the government or religious rights groups to decided who should get to love and marry. Last year I became good friends with a 60 y/o man who I would have never guess was gay. Sadly about 6 months into the friendship he got really ill with cancer and was unable to walk with his dog by my house every day. I ended up taking care of him and his needs. Before I got the gig with UPS, he told me with tears in his eyes that he was gay. He was afraid I wouldn't want to be his friend any longer. He told me the emotional pain of being gay was 10x the physical pain he had from bone cancer. He died in December, while I was working. I miss him so much, as he was an incredible human being. It saddens me that he wasn't able to marry or really come out of the closet because of how people talk. He was an incredible man with a loving spirit. My feelings are, as long as it's consensual and it doesn't hurt anyone, then be free to marry. Maybe states should be a little smarter and raise the fee's for marriage licenses? I don't know, maybe this all comes down to being getting my ass kicked every day and then being called everything ugly for a lot of years. There were no anti-bullying campaigns when I was a kid. [/QUOTE]
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