A whole hell of a lot of people told a lot of other people that they don't matter. It makes perfect sense to me that such an action would feel deeply hurtful to you. I'm impressed at your capacity to stay engaged with people that voted yes.
It's not hard for me to still talk to people that voted yes, because they're my friends and it's mainly about belief and not me, although it still hurts a little. They also havent said anything against me. If we got into it and they started saying hurtful things TO ME it'd be the end for sure.
I do not think you are abnormal, a pervert, or bound for hell. I love you dearly. I am so sad to see you (and my numerous gay friends!) hurt like this. You have to know how painful it is for me to see my friends in such sadness as I have and practice my spiritual beliefs. Proposition 8 sucks so much.
I must thank you for being so sweet and not bible-bashing over it. I have a friend who was very close to me in HS (we sort of dated before he ended up coming out), and he is now making very hateful anti-Mormon comments on Facebook - like how we get multiple wives (NOT TRUE) but he just wants one husband... and that our church should have tax-exempt status revoked. I won't say anything but it still burns.
I would feel hypocritical if I bible-bashed. I am at my church 3 times a week, and although I dont believe quite everything in the bible, it's actually a comfort for me to believe in God. So yeah.
You have every right to be angry and shouldn't have to apologize for how you feel. I totally understand that you don't want to offend your friends who did vote Yes, but they should also have enough respect for you to realize that you are going to be angry. I'm not even gay or bi-sexual and I'm furious
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They say that they're "trying to protect the sanctity of marriage" and "the family unit"? Well, straight couples are already doing a bang up job, all on their own, destroying both of those things.
I agree. The divorce rate keeps increasing. And while I respect very religious people for having so much faith, I think that they need to be able to adapt a little. Women used to be treated like they were nothing. Slavery used to be legal. Blacks and women couldn't vote until 140 years ago (15th amendment, 1870; 19th amendment, 1920). These things were all considered to be the "right" way, and very conservative people supported them. Homosexuality is becoming more prominent in society, and that needs to be accepted.
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I must thank you for being so sweet and not bible-bashing over it. I have a friend who was very close to me in HS (we sort of dated before he ended up coming out), and he is now making very hateful anti-Mormon comments on Facebook - like how we get multiple wives (NOT TRUE) but he just wants one husband... and that our church should have tax-exempt status revoked. I won't say anything but it still burns.
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I'll basically love YOU forever.
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want to chill earlier in the day tomorrow, and i can drop you off at skewl?
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I agree. The divorce rate keeps increasing. And while I respect very religious people for having so much faith, I think that they need to be able to adapt a little. Women used to be treated like they were nothing. Slavery used to be legal. Blacks and women couldn't vote until 140 years ago (15th amendment, 1870; 19th amendment, 1920). These things were all considered to be the "right" way, and very conservative people supported them. Homosexuality is becoming more prominent in society, and that needs to be accepted.
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