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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:30 PM Original message |
LTTE by a loving mother of a gay son - powerful and moving - pass it on |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Remarkable letter. I hope her son finds the peace he seeks. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good for that mom! Wonderful letter. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
3. Recommended! |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Peace to that mother and her son |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I have a rule. I never cry at work. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. god knows I came so close myself |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is there a link? |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. It's around the internet and even available in some other languages. |
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im10ashus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Thank you! |
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tech3149 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. Outstanding letter |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sending this to every mom I know |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. My Mother walked out her church |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:42 AM Response to Reply #10 |
46. A middle of the night kick |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. This section made me perk up. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I remember the interview with the openly gay |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exactly. |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. didn't Goldwater before he died say gays in the military were OK?? |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I'll have to look that up. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I just Googled and found a LOT of hits on Goldwater advocating inclusion: |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Thank you! |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Here's a relevant 2005 DU article on gays in the military: |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. I will have to sit down later and read that carefully. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. I'd love to see more powerful LTTEs from such soldiers |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I would too. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. My father served in the Korean War. Though he had a ready collection of |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. The only joke I can think of him making is that |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. Yup. My father served in WWII in the Pacific - he also said that |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. My grandfather was a Pentecostal. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
36. More on the dangerous stupidity of expelling gays from the military: |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Thank you! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. So...sad...and well written |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. Feeling hope through my tears |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Sharon Underwood also wrote a letter in support of Mark Noel: |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
17. How I wish that ALL young gay people had parents so loving and so fierce |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. have you read Suzanne Brockman's dedication to her gay son in book |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. This is lovely. Thanks for passing it on to us. I know the author would |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. Another classic: "An Open Letter To Dr.Laura" - for bible-quoting |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
28. That is a fantastic piece of writing |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Yes, isn't it? Its great and continuing impact shows how just one person |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think, over time, this is the view that will prevail in America. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. Still a bittersweet, 'everyone should read' letter. |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
35. Sigh... WONDERFUL letter. And so poignant. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
42. Poignant letter..I'm |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. Best. LTTE. Ever. |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That's my response too: best LTTE ever. Shows what a strong LTTE, |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
45. one last kick for the night n/t |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
47. Damn! What an EXCELLENT letter! |
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Nothing Without Hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. If the homophobes are the bible-quoting hypocritical variety, |
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