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Unmasked
05-31-2008, 10:58 PM
Everything.

Well, I guess it's not that bad. I'm working at Cedar Point this summer (yay Sandusky). With a ministry team, loving people, sharing the Good News and that. There are a lot of gay people here, though I haven't met any personally yet. I keep hearing whispers and rumors. I wish I could run into them, but I'm afraid to go looking, because if I get outed, that could get ugly. There aren't a whole lot of homophobes here, but I don't want to run into the wrong one. My team doesn't know that I like men, and I'd like it to stay that way. They would treat me differently if they knew. It's hard because I do a lot of stereotypically gay things too. But yeah.

A lot of my bigger problems come from our issues. I'm really upset at my home church right now because they've got some BS boycott against McDonald's because they just signed on as a corporate partner of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. They still use Xerox, American Express, and American Airlines (and many other products and services) but the thing I don't get is this: When did hate become a family value?

Rick336
06-01-2008, 12:06 AM
When did hate become a family value?

Around the time our ancestors started walking upright.


Rick

Unmasked
06-13-2008, 11:32 PM
Sadly, that sounds about right...

antiochian
06-19-2008, 07:49 AM
It's still scary for me, too, being in a group of people who don't know about me. On one hand it's an opportunity to be true to oneself, on the other there's a possibility of rejection, harassment and worse. It's easy to talk the talk about how wonderful coming out is, but it's still hard, and people can be hurtful, even if we're not supposed to care what they think.