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	<title>Comments on: Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1</title>
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		<title>By: CJ</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/inside-access/2009/10/28/know-before-you-go-atlanta-pride-festival-oct-31-nov-1/comment-page-2/#comment-2438</link>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand your pain, as I have known rejection myself.

Some of what you are doing both to yourself, your partner and your daughter is your choice.

If I saw you by yourself, or with your daughter, I wouldn&#039;t have an issue. It&#039;s when you parade the fact that you are having sex with a woman openly that the issue happens. You are right that it is your business and no one elses what you do with your body.

For someone to point it out or take issue with it when it is in their face is their right as well in a free country.

I am sorry if someone was unkind to you, as that is not Christian, and obviously Jesus wouldn&#039;t do that.

God is loving but He is also holy, and has laid out a plan for our lives, our sexuality, etc. in 
His Holy Word that brings about a fulfilled, peaceful life.
He wants the best for your life, and a lifestyle that causes others to stare and wonder when you pass by is not the best plan for your life and never will be, no matter what new laws are passed, etc.

You cannot begin to understand the Holiness of God until you have totally repented of your sins and asked Jesus to come into your heart and save you, and then something starts to happen inside of your heart that changes your entire perspective on . No religion can do that: it is a supernatural experience.
Religion tells you that you just do this or that but nothing changes.Salvation is something that god does inside of you once you repent of your sins and invite Him to do His thing.

You may have experienced some abuse in your early life, or alienation from your Mom/other women,which you may still need counseling for to break the chains off. 
Living Waters is a good program, which many churches are offering now. People will love on you and pray for you as you wish until God breaks the chains off. I did it for 9 months and it was one of the best things I ever did in my life.
Take care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand your pain, as I have known rejection myself.</p>
<p>Some of what you are doing both to yourself, your partner and your daughter is your choice.</p>
<p>If I saw you by yourself, or with your daughter, I wouldn&#8217;t have an issue. It&#8217;s when you parade the fact that you are having sex with a woman openly that the issue happens. You are right that it is your business and no one elses what you do with your body.</p>
<p>For someone to point it out or take issue with it when it is in their face is their right as well in a free country.</p>
<p>I am sorry if someone was unkind to you, as that is not Christian, and obviously Jesus wouldn&#8217;t do that.</p>
<p>God is loving but He is also holy, and has laid out a plan for our lives, our sexuality, etc. in<br />
His Holy Word that brings about a fulfilled, peaceful life.<br />
He wants the best for your life, and a lifestyle that causes others to stare and wonder when you pass by is not the best plan for your life and never will be, no matter what new laws are passed, etc.</p>
<p>You cannot begin to understand the Holiness of God until you have totally repented of your sins and asked Jesus to come into your heart and save you, and then something starts to happen inside of your heart that changes your entire perspective on . No religion can do that: it is a supernatural experience.<br />
Religion tells you that you just do this or that but nothing changes.Salvation is something that god does inside of you once you repent of your sins and invite Him to do His thing.</p>
<p>You may have experienced some abuse in your early life, or alienation from your Mom/other women,which you may still need counseling for to break the chains off.<br />
Living Waters is a good program, which many churches are offering now. People will love on you and pray for you as you wish until God breaks the chains off. I did it for 9 months and it was one of the best things I ever did in my life.<br />
Take care.</p>
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		<title>By: Vix</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vix</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To those who don&#039;t understand the concept of Gay Pride or why we come together, here is my spin on it.

I am a lesbian.  I have a partner.  We have a daughter.  We have to worry about people&#039;s reactions while walking on the street with our 8 year old.  We were once asked if we believe in God while walking down the center of town, hand in hand, with our daughter in between us.  See, my partner&#039;s short hair she has from time to time gives her away as being &quot;one of those.&quot;  For the record, yes, we do believe in God, attend church, pray before each meal and before bed with the little one.  And if you didn&#039;t already know we existed, I am not only a lesbian but a conservative AND a Catholic!  

Basically what I&#039;m trying to say is that Pride for us means we don&#039;t have to be on guard and ready with an explanation for our daughter as to why that person said that to us or why they keep looking and pointing at us. 

Going to Pride events not only lets us, as parents, relax since we are surrounded by &quot;family&quot; but also allows our daughter the luxury of meeting other kids with two moms or two dads. 


We have a &quot;safe zone&quot; once a year and for that, I am proud.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To those who don&#8217;t understand the concept of Gay Pride or why we come together, here is my spin on it.</p>
<p>I am a lesbian.  I have a partner.  We have a daughter.  We have to worry about people&#8217;s reactions while walking on the street with our 8 year old.  We were once asked if we believe in God while walking down the center of town, hand in hand, with our daughter in between us.  See, my partner&#8217;s short hair she has from time to time gives her away as being &#8220;one of those.&#8221;  For the record, yes, we do believe in God, attend church, pray before each meal and before bed with the little one.  And if you didn&#8217;t already know we existed, I am not only a lesbian but a conservative AND a Catholic!  </p>
<p>Basically what I&#8217;m trying to say is that Pride for us means we don&#8217;t have to be on guard and ready with an explanation for our daughter as to why that person said that to us or why they keep looking and pointing at us. </p>
<p>Going to Pride events not only lets us, as parents, relax since we are surrounded by &#8220;family&#8221; but also allows our daughter the luxury of meeting other kids with two moms or two dads. </p>
<p>We have a &#8220;safe zone&#8221; once a year and for that, I am proud.</p>
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		<title>By: CJ</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ajc.com/inside-access/2009/10/28/know-before-you-go-atlanta-pride-festival-oct-31-nov-1/comment-page-2/#comment-2423</link>
		<dc:creator>CJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>agree: they see the &quot;hate&quot; needle in our eye because their is a &quot;hate&quot; log in their own eye.

They are the ones who will be the first to curse everyone out, call names, and then say we are hateful?

No ONE I hang out with would do that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>agree: they see the &#8220;hate&#8221; needle in our eye because their is a &#8220;hate&#8221; log in their own eye.</p>
<p>They are the ones who will be the first to curse everyone out, call names, and then say we are hateful?</p>
<p>No ONE I hang out with would do that!</p>
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		<title>By: Agree with Brad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Agree with Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I strongly believe everyone should be able to live how they choose to.  That said, societal decency is important.  A man walking another nearly-naked man on a leash is NOT decent.  I don&#039;t see why so many simply desire to shock the community.

Further, people crying about hatred while simultaneously calling conservatives nutjob bigots really need to take a second for self-evaluation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I strongly believe everyone should be able to live how they choose to.  That said, societal decency is important.  A man walking another nearly-naked man on a leash is NOT decent.  I don&#8217;t see why so many simply desire to shock the community.</p>
<p>Further, people crying about hatred while simultaneously calling conservatives nutjob bigots really need to take a second for self-evaluation.</p>
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		<title>By: gfkjb</title>
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		<dc:creator>gfkjb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>maybe it should be straight pride day to celebrate how far they have evolved</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>maybe it should be straight pride day to celebrate how far they have evolved</p>
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		<title>By: martha</title>
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		<dc:creator>martha</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>we are proud to be ourselves out of the closet to everyone in the community. we are proud of our family&#039;s, to live the lives they want to live, with out being afraid of all the people who will mock them, who will criticize them, who will tell them they are going to hell, saying we dont deserve equal rights, who tell us we should be ashame and stay in the closet or change or whatever, we are proud because will will all band together hold hands,hug,kiss,cry,and cheer, and tell the world we are here and we are proud to be who we are!!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>we are proud to be ourselves out of the closet to everyone in the community. we are proud of our family&#8217;s, to live the lives they want to live, with out being afraid of all the people who will mock them, who will criticize them, who will tell them they are going to hell, saying we dont deserve equal rights, who tell us we should be ashame and stay in the closet or change or whatever, we are proud because will will all band together hold hands,hug,kiss,cry,and cheer, and tell the world we are here and we are proud to be who we are!!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: teazer</title>
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		<dc:creator>teazer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s pride as opposed to shame and fear....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s pride as opposed to shame and fear&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: eyeful</title>
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		<dc:creator>eyeful</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pride = hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered, and their straight friends and family COMING TOGETHER to have fun. Shame on us for that, huh?!

To the few uptight Fox Noise yahoos and closet queens who &quot;can&#039;t fathom it&quot;: STAY AWAY and STFU.  See how easy that is?

Shame on AJC and the rest of the media for NOT covering this fantastic event that truly was all about at one segment of Atlanta that is truly &quot;too busy to hate&quot;...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pride = hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered, and their straight friends and family COMING TOGETHER to have fun. Shame on us for that, huh?!</p>
<p>To the few uptight Fox Noise yahoos and closet queens who &#8220;can&#8217;t fathom it&#8221;: STAY AWAY and STFU.  See how easy that is?</p>
<p>Shame on AJC and the rest of the media for NOT covering this fantastic event that truly was all about at one segment of Atlanta that is truly &#8220;too busy to hate&#8221;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 &#8230; &#124; SwagSodDope LIVE</title>
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		<dc:creator>Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 &#8230; &#124; SwagSodDope LIVE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 &#8230;    October 28th, 2009 &#124; Author: admin      The Atlanta Pride Festival returns to its home in Piedmont Park this year, but in a new season &#8212; Oct. 31-Nov. 1 instead of a weekend in June.    Go here to read the rest: Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 &#8230; [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 &#8230;    October 28th, 2009 | Author: admin      The Atlanta Pride Festival returns to its home in Piedmont Park this year, but in a new season &#8212; Oct. 31-Nov. 1 instead of a weekend in June.    Go here to read the rest: Know before you go: Atlanta Pride Festival, Oct. 31-Nov. 1 &#8230; [...]</p>
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		<title>By: mitzymy</title>
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		<dc:creator>mitzymy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish my son were still alive to see this. He chose to die instead of fight with his family and friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish my son were still alive to see this. He chose to die instead of fight with his family and friends.</p>
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