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No, You Cannot MAG
It is a new nation,
a nation that proudly proclaims:
“Yes we can.”
But what power holds “yes we can,”
when America has told many of our
brothers and sisters
“no, you cannot”?
You cannot follow your heart.
You cannot move forward.
You cannot take a hand.
You cannot break the mold.
“Marriage is a holy bond
for a man and a woman
it is not yours to taint,” they say.
Where is the future?
Relentlessly we must
keep striving for a better day.
We must stop this hatred
and bring about change in the
wake of defeat.
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I so agree. So true. I love it. I am going to share it with everyone one my email list.
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seriously? I mean why would you ever read this if you hated poetry?! how does that even make sence? this was amazing you just dont know beauty when you see it.
To the person who wrote, and I quote, "I respectfully disagree :)", fine. You have your opinion, as we have ours. All I have to say is, I hope you understand what you brought unto yourself. I also hope that you aren't taken aback by the abuse you've received for your comment, because that in itself would be a disappointment.
You went against not only the writer, but the other 300 or so members who praised the poem when you wrote something that I personally find to be extremely inappropriate. I advise you to watch what you say, and although you did write that you "respectfully" disagree, it does not justify what you said.
Ugh, I knew what I was getting into when I visited this "Teen ink" website-- emphasis on the teen. Look, let me spell it out for you, although you may say you "respectfully" disagree we all know that's not the case. Anyone who disagrees with equal liberties for all, especially those concerning homosexual marriage is a complete bigot. A blind individual with no sense of just direction; morally bankrupt. How can you respectfully deny rights to hundreds of thousands of people. Your opinions have no thought, or reason.
Lets do a little turning of the tables shall we? How would you feel, if every day you were told by society-- by people you've known and loved all your life, that your love is wrong, corrupt, tainted? Or even that your life is worth nothing simply because of something as arbitrary as preference; something you can't control. That’s like telling a cancer patient they're some sort of disappointment. How would you feel? But, obviously this doesn't concern you. Its apparent in your lack of empathy you wretched person you.
Ugh, I knew what I was getting into when I visited this "Teen ink" website-- emphasis on the teen. Look, let me spell it out for you, although you may say you "respectfully" disagree we all know that's not the case. Anyone who disagrees with equal liberties for all, especially those concerning homosexual marriage is a complete bigot. A blind individual with no sense of just direction; morally bankrupt. How can you respectfully deny rights to hundreds of thousands of people. Your opinions have no thought, or reason.
Lets do a little turning of the tables shall we? How would you feel, if every day you were told by society-- by people you've known and loved all your life, that your love is wrong, corrupt, tainted? Or even that your life is worth nothing simply because of something as arbitrary as preference; something you can't control. That’s like telling a cancer patient they're some sort of disappointment. How would you feel? But, obviously this doesn't concern you. Its apparent in your lack of empathy you wretched person you.
