A Day Of Silence

debbyski

4-21-2008 7:32 PM

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debbyski says:

"Sounds great, right? It’s so great that the Day of Silence ruffled the feathers of the wingers — the Alliance Defense Fund is putting on its The Day of Truth event, scheduled for the next day, April 27th.
The Day of Truth was established to counter the promotion of the homosexual agenda and express an opposing viewpoint from a Christian perspective"

OMG, it's so beautiful to be an American eh? First of all, I came up in a period that you had to be silent or else baby. I learned very quickly as a bisexual woman that I'd better make the Tila Tequila choice--the guy--every time. Now, I'm here to tell you that I've made my choices and God dammit I wouldn't change a thing, but I would have liked to at least had a f****** option. Try being silent one day of your life and seeing how some people are forced to "act" to please society and then MAYBE you will know what it's like to be discriminated against, disapproved of and not liked very well by society for being born (cont)

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4-21-2008 7:38 PM

debbyski

gay, lesbian, or bisexual. And make no mistake about it, you ARE born that way cause I'm here to tell you honey that I knew it from a very early age until society "socialized" me not to be. So April 25th, my birthday, is the day of silence for the GLTB community with teenagers being silent against all odds in the classroom. I'm so damned proud of them