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My church (UCC) was one of the first Open & Affirming congregations back in the '80s. We share a building (and often Sunday services) with a local Black LGBTQ+ congregation. I'm not the only mom with purple hair. Jesus taught that the two most important things we can do are to love God and to love our neighbor. So that's how we do.

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What does her husband say about that?

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I like to think that the narrator of “Come Dancing” grew up to be Lola.

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*Exactly*. And being rejected by almost *all* of his 11 siblings (aside from my mom and another couple of his sisters and maybe one brother). He didn't fucking deserve that.

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I know Cooper would veto it. Will the NC ledge have a veto-proof majority, though?

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Yes, she needs to make a sammich, and not for herself.

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Ace is short for asexual; aro for aromantic. One is interested in love but not sex, the other vice versa (in simplest terms). I only know this much because I'm pretty active on Tumblr, where all the cool kids hang out ;-)

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"pig thug base" Pulling no punches, Evan, and rightly so. Good on ya.

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Joe knew Barack pretty well by that time, and rightly figured he just needed a loving push.

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I know that there are evangelical churches, and there are hard right evangelical churches. I am so happy to hear you may be in one of the good ones.

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All hail to thee, Princess Erika the Radiant, Defender of the Weak and Champion of Justice ... and Cunnilingus!

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People exist on many spectra.

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Can you find her?

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All happiness to you.

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Allow me to restate: Jenna, when you find a Judeo Christian nation, please move there. We ain't beat yet.

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It's up to us to stop it.

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