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Carrie Underwood Says It’s Her Faith in Christianity That Has Inspired Her to Support Gay Marriage

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Add Carrie Underwood to the list of stars who’ve come out in support of marriage equality.

Carrie Underwood 2012 CMA Music Festival - Day 2The country songstress, who was raised Baptist, spoke at length about the topic in an interview with The Independent, noting that her Christian upbringing is at the core of her attitude toward same-sex marriage.

“As a married person myself, I don’t know what it’s like to be told I can’t marry somebody I love, and want to marry,” Underwood is quoted as saying. “I can’t imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.”

The British publication also notes that while the 29-year-old Underwood was raised Baptist, she now attends a nondenominational “gay friendly” Christian church with her husband, pro hockey player Mike Fisher.

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  1. Anonymous

    June 12th, 2012

    Must have missed all that Soddam and Gamorrah chapter. Homosexuality is clearly identified as being against God’s laws. He created Adam and Eve, NOT Adam and Steve

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  2. Jethro

    June 12th, 2012

    Carrie who?

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  3. listingstarboard

    June 12th, 2012

    Carrie is having her very own Dixie CHick moment.

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  4. Menderman

    June 12th, 2012

    I am getting sick and tired of the whole “gay” agenda. Gay men are nothing but sexual deviants that want to be able to stick their pecker in anything they want with no concearn for anybody or anything else. The diseases that are rampant in the gay community are near epidemic proportions. the “B” in LGBT have no problem infecting the non gay segment of our society. If our government had any real concearn for protecting society, they would be banning sodomy, not a 16 oz. Pepsi, but that is not what they are doing. Moron.org is comparing this to the Loving vs. Virginia case that declared marriage a “civil right” that opened up interacial marriage (which is a good thing…men of one race should be allowed to marry women of a different race). As a consequence, church’s are required to perform inter-racial weddings. If the government comes out for gay marriage, churches WILL be forced to perform same sex weddings! Anybody that thinks that will never happen just needs to look back to Feb. 2012 and see what Obama and Sebelious did to Catholics on abortion pills and sterilization. You cannot watch a gay pride parade without seeing some sort of public sexual behavior. With this being “pride” month, Obama gave a lovley speech about the greatness of the gay community…reminds me of the mooselimbs contribution to science and NASA…I put a recent parade background to Obama’s idiotic speach about how wonderful teh gays are:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it9f3KB9gtY&feature=player_embedded

    The more I learn about gays, the less tolerant I become…

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  5. John Pomeroy

    June 12th, 2012

    She wants “them” to “love publicly”. Bad enough to do it in the privacy of the bedroom. Who wants to do it publicly?

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  6. RANDO

    June 12th, 2012

    I don’t think that adds up, Carrie.

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  7. Nutjob

    June 12th, 2012

    I say like Shenia Twain, she’s looking for the jump from country to pop for super stardom.

    She sees twits like GoogooGaGa and wants some of that endless money the mindless drones throw at you from the MTV crowd.

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  8. ChiefIlliniCake

    June 12th, 2012

    Look at the polls…her whole generation has been brainwashed (by lib teachers, Hollywood, MTV, it’s been wall-to-wall for them) into thinking that gays are just like us, that all they want is a normal life, that raising children is their main concern, and BTW, that, like, half the country is gay, anyway.

    She sounds like an idiot, but let’s face it, folks…this country has been out of the business of raising critical thinkers for over a generation now.

    Do some research on this…if you look at the Netherlands, who allowed State-sanctioned gay marriage way before anybody else did, recent studies have shown that the gay part of the population is around 1.5-2.5% of the total population, of that group, only 20% actually opt for gay marriage, and the coup de gras is gay marriages don’t last.

    So yeah, Carrie…we love to love and they love to love and let’s be fair to these poor, normal, just like us cuddly folks and throw over the last several millennium’s worth of human development because public school-”educated” sniveling twits like you SURELY know better than all of those boring old traditional squares, right?

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  9. ChiefIlliniCake

    June 12th, 2012

    Go back and look at those marriage numbers…we’re throwing it all away over a RUSE!

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  10. Kool Aid

    June 12th, 2012

    I am glad it is Christianity and not her being a MONEY HUNGRY WHORE looking simply to sell more tickets and records….I feel much better knowing that is is her “faith” pushing her to tolerate something so specifically banned in the Bible….

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  11. sTevo

    June 12th, 2012

    It’s this sort of Blondness that casts the type.

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  12. bitterclinger

    June 12th, 2012

    Carrie would do well to remember her religious upbringing and not condemn gay people who want to be together but condemn the sacrament of marriage between gay people. No one’s saying they can’t be together. Remember, Carrie, condemn the sin, not the sinner?

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  13. reddecaesari

    June 12th, 2012

    i was waiting for a friend at a coffee shop in hillcrest, san diego. the town that just named a street oharvey milk and decided to fly a rainbow flag on the main drag. three guys sitting in front of me were sharing their iphone content with each other. photos, texts from other guys they had met on some gay website. their conversation centered around buff men and their exploits. the fact that i was sitting there was irrelevant to them. they were disgusting in their conversation. i guestimate it took 35 years but the younger generation has been completely brainwashed about this lifestyle. and its infiltration into the school system is evident. if you can’t procreate, you propogate.

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  14. I Luv Bacon

    June 12th, 2012

    She is just letting the world know that she likes it up the ass,

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  15. super toe

    June 12th, 2012

    Thanks for giving me another reason to not like
    country music.

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  16. Left Coast Dan

    June 12th, 2012

    I’m just going to throw out that, as a straight, faithful Christian, I also feel that as a Christian I am called to support gay relationships. Marriage? I hope to be married some day, and will consider it holy, but I won’t consider a gay union any less holy. I do recognize that the union of a man and a woman is the norm, but I support those who are outside the norm as long as they aren’t imposing their will on me.

    You may say what you wish about my beliefs, but that is honestly how I feel.

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  17. zolt

    June 12th, 2012

    it’s a pity that so many who claim Christ as Lord and Savior are so woefully ignorant of His word

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  18. Unslung Hero

    June 12th, 2012

    That’s a buncha B.S.! In my years of living I have noticed that most women tend to establish relationships with their thoughts or concepts being guided by love or wishing for it. Men on the other hand are socially, instinctively, and biologically driven by “sex”. Love develops later or more slowly. While is quite understandable and natural to see that gays tend to “love” each other sooner or later, it is the MEN who are driven by “sex” as a first priority and as an initial attractant to other men OR women. Gay MEN practice some very disgusting habits……….and that is what differentiates them from gay women. This is not an absolute either way……but is the most prevalent situation. Older gay men tend to become pedophiles much more readily partly because of the male aggressiveness. It’s just the way it is folks. Making your sexual deviancy into a political statement is also unseemly.

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  19. Roscoe P. Soultrane

    June 12th, 2012

    You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.

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  20. Menderman

    June 12th, 2012

    Left Coast Dan,

    You are a good man, probably better than me. Gays are imposing their will on society by calling their union “Marriage”. Marriage IS a union between a man and a woman before God for the porpose of procreation and maintaining a strong family unit until death do they part. Gay unions are purely sexually driven. Gays cannot procreate. It is simply about sexual pleasure sanctioned by society (and free benifits). I know we should not judge, lest we be judged, but we are not compelled to look the other way when we see something we view as wrong. Do we judge the man that beats his wife? Do we judge the woman that cheats on her husband? Do we judge Obama? We see things we know are wrong and speak out about those things…that is not wrong. I cannot view a same sex marriage Holy as you do. I see it as simply demanding others approve of a relationship based on simple pleasures…much like greed and glutony. Living life based on ones own pleasures at the cost of others is wrong. It is not my intention to chastise you, I am simply sharing my beliefs as you did.

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  21. Robert Fine

    June 12th, 2012

    Without her clothes off, she’s useless.

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  22. Chief

    June 12th, 2012

    Dan

    Your concern is palbable, but I go back to my posts tonight.

    There are “gays” as they’ve been portrayed (funny, stylish, competent, and notably, not all that horny) and gays as they ARE, which is like the rest of us, meaning short, fat, tall, funny, dull, etc. And wholly decadent, for the most part. FWIW, I’m speaking of male homos. The pathology behind gay women, like most women, is complicated, to say the least.

    But we don’t do “circuit partys” (look it up and tell me about your Christian reaction)

    We don’t knowingly smear a deadly STD around the globe.

    This issue is about a subset of gays who have massive holes in their souls and pain and anger and wish to take us down a few pegs.

    Can you not see your enemy? Because that’s what your enemy does! This isn’t about Christian charity. You’re being played as they turn your good Christian charity and empathy against you. Trust me. They see folks like you as gullible dupes.

    And what comes after for the rest of us… is darkness.

    I’m not trying to call you out because you’re a brave face here. But I think you’ve been played.

    If I’m wrong, you’ve got a helluva case to make.

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  23. Moe Tom

    June 12th, 2012

    This is another asshole who I would not have heard about if I had not clicked on IOTW. I think IOTW should be banned. What do you think? Mr. Pinko?

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  24. Mr.Gates

    June 12th, 2012

    Gay “marriage” serves no credible useful purpose for society.

    Fact is, if all homosexual activity vanished from the face of the Earth, not only wouldn’t it be missed, but any impact of its disappearance would be positive.

    Marriage serves many constructive purposes, that’s why we support it. However, homosexuality doesn’t serve any constructive purpose. Homosexuality, being a net destructive activity, is antithetical to marriage.

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  25. ERB

    June 12th, 2012

    Add her to Laura ingraham’s list of Shut Up and Sing celebs. God have mercy on her for her misguided views, I hope she doesn’t drag too many souls down with her.

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  26. Edith McCrotch

    June 12th, 2012

    Well, she turned me into a newt once.

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  27. Left Coast Dan

    June 12th, 2012

    I wanted to separate commentary on my beliefs from how I see gays in society. I do agree that the vocal gays are trying to force society to act according to their wishes, and not in a general spirit of individual freedom, and I do not approve of that. I particularly remember the horrible racist and misogynist things said by many opponents of CA Prop 8 upon its passing, and how mad my associate, a gay man whom I hold in high regard, was to hear them say such things. And speaking of him, he has been in a committed relationship in which he genuinely cares for his partner for 4 years. However, I also remember that for the few months that he was between serious relationships he was pretty active on the bar scene. I see all that, and as long as others don’t try to force their values on me or do something to harm others I don’t have a problem with who they are. If they do, then I will resist for my sake and for others. One thing I do know is that each is a child of God, a perfect creation made by Him. I don’t know why things are the way they are, but I am ok with not understanding everything.

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  28. New Mexico Gunman

    June 12th, 2012

    And this screeching harpie gets airtime why?

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  29. Menderman

    June 12th, 2012

    Dan…you have a great heart!

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  30. Left Coast Dan

    June 12th, 2012

    Thanks Menderman! I may not always agree with the iotw community, but I love being a part of it!

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  31. 99th Squad Leader

    June 12th, 2012

    @Mr Gate. Excellent and very succinct. Ms. Underwood is a misguided Christian and ignorant of the truth. Too many Christians are lead by the influence of man and completely ignore God’s Word;

    Romans 1:26-28
    King James Version (KJV)

    26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

    27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

    28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
    There is a direct connection between rebellion against God and deviant behavior. Unfortunately, people like Ms. Underwood are enablers.

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  32. xthred

    June 12th, 2012

    Buh-bye

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  33. AbigailAdams

    June 12th, 2012

    If someone has already said this, my apologies for being redundant.

    I notice that whenever someone talks about their support of gay marriage or gay relationships they use the phrase “I feel.”

    Now, I know better (as a Christian woman) to even hint at what I think God thinks and besides it’s God’s mystery that I love most about Him. With that in mind, however, I do know from his Word that we are to love Him with our entire being, including our MINDS.

    My criticism to Ms. Underwood and others who use the same expression is that it’s not about how you “feel”. If you’re a Christian, you can’t cherry pick scripture and only accept what “feels” good to you, discarding the rest. If one is going to talk about feelings at all, they might start with thinking about how God feels about it. Kinda like that “You’re Not Special” speech of McCullough Jr. — we’re not the center of the universe and I’m sure how we “feel” about sin is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

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  34. Bad Brad

    June 12th, 2012

    Dan, you do have a great heart. I do believe there are individuals that were born that way. Really I just don’t want to hear about it anymore. I think it’s the vocal few, hey look at me crowd that impede their acceptance. Did I mention I’m tired of hearing about it.

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  35. Wyatt, Insensitive Jerk

    June 12th, 2012

    I’m kinda gayed out, to be honest with you. I’m ready for them to just go back into the closet and I can go back to dreaming about Carrie Underwood naked.

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  36. reddecaesari

    June 12th, 2012

    my dad, god rest his soul, used to say that our lives were nothing but a test. you pass or fail.
    the liberal agenda has been to package the homosexual lifestyle in a palatable way. on tv they were the kind neighbor, the funny sidekick.
    you never saw a homosexual on tv that was portrayed . it has been a slow boiling of the frog.
    and thus began the infiltration of their ideology in schools. it is ok to be gay. the younger the better. fresh meat and all that. sexualizing kids earlier. sodomy being an acceptable sex act among heterosexuals. and then began the request for equal benefits under the law. so civil unions (contracts w/out marriage) evolved. now marriage.
    the greater evil is when individuals convince others to sin with misinformation and lies. homosexuality has been around forever. but it is now that we are witnessing a full frontal assault on morality.

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  37. Bad Brad

    June 12th, 2012

    My point. This guys welcome at my cook out anytime, just watch those hands.

    http://gayconservative.org/
    /

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  38. JMac

    June 12th, 2012

    Dear friends, I had been eagerly planning to write to you about the salvation we all share. But now I find that I must write about something else, urging you to defend the faith that God has entrusted once for all time to his holy people. I say this because some ungodly people have wormed their way into your churches, saying that God’s marvelous grace allows us to live immoral lives. The condemnation of such people was recorded long ago, for they have denied our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.–Jude 3-4

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  39. Dianne

    June 12th, 2012

    This reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw a couple of days ago.

    “WWJD? – He would slap you upside the head.”

    I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had that very same thought when I see non-Christians trying to shame Christians by asking that question.

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  40. AbigailAdams

    June 12th, 2012

    JMac – B.I.N.G.O.

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  41. Stirrin the B.S.

    June 12th, 2012

    @LC Dan – I am accepting of the homosexual lifestyle up to a point – the point being, prefering male (same sex) companionship, holding hands, walking arm in and arm and even kissing. Although I find all of the obove to be repulsive and disgusting.

    I draw the line at homosexual sex and marriage. The former being un-natural and nothing more than masturbation (you cannot deny that intercourse is meant for procreation, while anal and oral sex is meant for masturbation/sexual gratification), while the latter is a violation of God’s sanctioning of marriage between a man and a woman.

    Marriage is between a man and a women, sanctioned by God’s law. A civil union between a man and a man, or a woman and woman, is man’s law. Sanction it and conduct in the court of man’s law, but DO NOT demand to have it sanctioned and conducted in the name of God’s law.

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  42. Stirrin the B.S.

    June 12th, 2012

    Oh, and with regard to Carrie Underwood’s proclamation…don’t cite your religion when you don’t fully understand it. Afterall, you can hate the sin, but still love the sinner.

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  43. Stirrin the B.S.

    June 12th, 2012

    There is an interesting study published by the Washington Times on homosexsual parenting. Click on the survey graphic for the real eye opener.

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/10/study-suggests-risks-from-same-sex-parenting/

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  44. CharlieWalksonWater

    June 13th, 2012

    I’ll bet her Pastor doesnt.

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  45. Blind Snowman

    June 13th, 2012

    I agree with most of the posted comments.

    In my humble opinion, too many folks who call themselves Christians are ignorant of the faith.
    May G-D continue to open the eyes of those who seek Him.

    I would tremble a bit to call good what G-D has called sinful.

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  46. shockuhzulu

    June 13th, 2012

    Isn’t this just what Lot’s wife said before she turned into a pillar of salt?

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  47. redstickmark

    June 13th, 2012

    Just because someone is “born that way” dosen’t automatically make it acceptable or desireable. Alcoholism also has genetic qualities, that dosen’t make it ok to drink in such a way that causes yourself or others harm.

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  48. joe

    June 13th, 2012

    My dad was here when Ms. Underwood was on American Idol and he cheered her on, picking her as the winner early in the contest. We got him her first album for Christmas. He would not be happy to hear her views on this, though. Apparently the “Baptist” only goes skin deep. The price of being close to the entertainment industry, I guess. The Lord has condemned that behavior as an abomination… and just when did He change His mind?

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  49. beachmom

    June 13th, 2012

    Typical sell out.

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  50. Jeff

    June 13th, 2012

    The Bimbo with her mindless fluff statement seems to have missed the part about keeping God’s commandments as proof that you are a true Christian. I know I am going to be hated for this but, as I understand it, if you are having sex with anyone than your wife/husband, you are sinning and breaking the commandment of: You shall NOT commit adultery! Yes, I know this is so hard, but deal with it. So Carrie, just what part of the word “NOT” has you confused?

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  51. Bob M.

    June 13th, 2012

    Jesus wept…

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  52. chiefillinicake

    June 13th, 2012

    It’s fair to say that most people who make it in show business end up converting to the status quo belief system of the entertainment industry.

    Young Ms. Underwood would do well to contemplate how much of her current belief system is her and how much of it comes from her new running buddies.

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  53. muddjuice

    June 13th, 2012

    The “gay marriage” push is mothing more than a way of skirting one of the 10 commandments, “Thou shall not commit adultery”. If they can make gay marriage legal, then, in their warped minds, they are not commiting adultery.

    This has been going on since the dawn of time. Men who deny God trying anything they can to justify their actions in their own minds. And then dragging anyone else they can down with them so they don’t endure the misery alone.

    I feel sorry for how lost they are and I pray for them and our great nation….

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  54. muddjuice

    June 13th, 2012

    Oops…should be “nothing” not “mothing”. I’m not sure what happens when you are “mothing” but it doesn’t sound good…

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  55. NoLikeO

    June 13th, 2012

    Hope that Carrie realizes she may lose quite a few fans by being politically correct. Interesting that the ones that are pleased with her statement haven’t really been her fan base…until maybe now. This will be interesting.

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  56. Primus

    June 17th, 2012

    I might regret posting here but I think it’s important to engage people that have opinions that I don’t agree with.

    Everyone who has come out against marriage equality, I’d like to ask you something:

    Do you really believe that gay Americans don’t deserve the same rights as straight Americans? Do you really feel that your fellow citizens (as well as your fellow human beings) don’t deserve the same rights as you?

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  58. Mondo

    June 17th, 2012

    The last act of any great civilization right before they crash, burn and get shuffled onto the ash heap of history is a wide acceptance of homosexuality.

    Look it up and weep.

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  59. Sirkowski

    June 20th, 2012

    You guys protest too much. Like you’re trying to hide something…

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