'EVOL'VE OR LOVE! GOD IS LOVE! I JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND, REFUSING TO SERVE, ALL OF HIS CHILDREN, AND CALL IT "RELIGIOUS FREEDOM" . . . TO ME, THAT IS TAKING THE IDEA OF GOD IN VAIN!
UNCLE BRIAN SECRIST
My first exposure to what we thought, were gay, children, and that should be a hint, children, came, from, two neighborhood, kids, Kent Hayes and Brian Secrist, who ended up, being my brother-in-law, someone I loved dearly and miss. SOB. As kids, we knew, that, Brian and Kent, were just a bit different, now, Kent came out in a big way, when, he was, a young man, went to Hollywood, and pursued an acting career. Brian, never came out, and I am not sure, if he, is or is not, but we knew, that, these boys, didn't like sports, didn't rough-house, and, we just kind of thought. Maybe, Brian, came out, but, I left the family, a bit early, due to divorce. Brian never got married, I know he had a date, but just one, some girl, I think he met in Germany.
Brian had an extremely close relationship with his mother, but his father died, when he was very young. Judge not that yea, be not judged! Because of Brian, I told myself, that, I would, always, love my children, no matter what, their gender preference is. My mother-in-law, was a loving, quiet, sweet lady, who, graciously, accepted, whoever, for whatever reason, and loved Brian, tenderly, all his very short life. SOB. Brain, died, at the young age, of I think, only 43 years old, we found out, that he had, all his life, a whole in his heart. That, may have not just been, a physical hole, but, he died, young . . . years before, his mother passed away. Were we quick to judge? Probably, there was a reason he didn't play out in the yard, or in the neighborhood. Was he gay? Didn't matter.
WHERE YOU GOING SON? TO THE GAY PRIDE PARADE IN SALT LAKE. OKAY, I HAVE PREPARED ALL MY LIFE FOR THIS . . . SO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO TELL ME? LOL. YOU BIGOT MOM! SLAP. ME CRYSTAL AND SO AND SO, ARE GOING.
Thank God for my kids, they, prepared me to be a constitutional law attorney! LOL. With each racist, sexist, whatever statement, I made, they, called me a BIGOT! LOL. THANK YOU! KISSES! What can I say, I was raised in a very closed, society, with little diversity . . . in law school, I was the diversity! Chicago was probably my coming out, in the world, summer, back in 1992 . . . although, I was, never, mean, or, cruel, or really, discriminatory, by nature, I lacked, exposure, and involvement with other cultures, races, nationalities, and whatever. I did, however, venture into one of the earlier, gay pride, parades, in Chicago, and, I wouldn't want my kids to see, that, I was shocked . . . so I was glad to hear, the changes and making them, family friendly.
Through my kids, daughters, joining the military and having friends of all, races, religions, and through marriage, I have EVOLVED, and gratefully, so! I have had close friends, who were gay, but, again, judge not, who were raped, by two older, step-brothers, with a cruel father, and a very sweet and cherished mother . . . can you blame her, for turning to women, for comfort and love? I can't. For every gay person, there are that many reasons, and many are biological, they were just born that way! My mother, was a health teacher, and she said there was actually, even physical differences in the length of the brain stem of a gay person. But even if they just do it as a choice, can't we love them as human beings, who need love, respect, friends, a place to live, a job?
EXPOSURE HAS HELPED, BREAK MY SOCIAL BARRIERS . . . DATING TWO BLACK MEN, WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER, HAPPENED TO ME! IF LADY JUSTICE IS COLOR BLIND, SO SHOULD BE BE! THESE MEN, HELPED ME, GO BEYOND, THE COLOR OF THE SKIN, TO THE CONTENT OF THE CHARACTER, JUST LIKE, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DREAMED OF IN HIS AMAZING SPEECH, THAT I HAD STUDIED AS A COMMUNICATIONS, MINOR IN COLLEGE! I CAN HONESTLY SAY, I LOVED, LOVED, BOTH MEN! THE OTHER DAY, I WAS, EATING IN A ROOM, OF WHITE AND BLACK WOMEN, I TOOK NOTE, WHO, I WAS SITTING WITH, OUT OF A ROOM FULL . . . HAVING A GREAT DISCUSSION AND FUN, WITH TWO INTELLIGENT, BRIGHT, WOMEN, WITH TONS IN COMMON! I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED IF MY CIVIL RIGHTS WERE SO VIOLATED, THAT, I CAN RELATE, ALMOST MORE TO BLACKS, THAT WHITES, WHO HAVE HAD NOTHING, TAKEN FROM THEM, NO RIGHTS, TRAMPLED ON . . . BECAUSE, I SURELY RELATE!
NOW, I AM CROSSING THE TRANSGENDER BARRIERS . . . IT IS SIMPLY, GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE, BEFORE WE JUDGE THEM!
ONE OF THE BEST, STATEMENTS, IN THAT, MSNBC SPECIAL ON "EVERYDAY RACISM IN AMERICA" THE SAME DAY, AS STARBUCKS, DID THEIR TRAINING, WAS THE FIRST MAN, A BLACK MAN, WHO SAID . . . I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO KNOW WHO I AM, BEFORE THEY WALK TO CROSS THE STREET, WHEN, I COME ALONG, OR GRAB THEIR PURSE TO PROTECT IT, OR SUSPECT ME OF BEING A SHOPLIFTER, WHEN, I COME TO YOUR STORE, OR, BEFORE YOU JUDGE ME, PLEASE, JUST GIVE ME A CHANCE!
I AM PROUD, THAT, SEATTLE IS A LITTLE BUBBLE, OF WHAT, I WANT FOR ALL AMERICA . . . ONE THAT ALL NFL PLAYERS, WANT TO STAND, AND CELEBRATE, THE "REAL" AMERICA, ONE THAT, IS THE IDEAL, JUST, COUNTRY, THAT, DOESN'T SHOOT DOWN, BLACK MEN, WHO ASK FOR HELP WITH A CAR, OR SELL A CIGARETTE, OR, REACH TO GET THEIR PROOF OF INSURANCE AND REGISTRATION . . . ONE WHERE WE DON'T FEAR EACH OTHER, DON'T JUDGE EACH OTHER, AND WE NO LONGER, EVEN SEE COLORS, RACES, NATIONALITIES, DIFFERENCES . . . THAT IS A MORE PERFECT UNION, THAT IS DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY, THAT IS JUSTICE FOR ALL, COMMON DEFENSE, AND GENERAL WELFARE, WITH, OPPORTUNITIES, OF LIBERTY FOR, ALL MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, WITH LIBERTY OR ALL OF US, AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL OF US . . . THAT IS WHY, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS, FORMED, THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THIS EXPERIMENT, THIS IDEAL, THIS UTOPIA, THAT, SEEING MYSELF, EVOLVE, GOING FROM, ALL WHITE, MORMON, REPUBLICAN, UTAH . . . TO SOMEONE, WHO TRULY, HAS ALMOST, REACHED A POINT, ALMOST, WHERE, I JUST SEE, PEOPLE, WHO, NEED LOVE, A SMILE, A GOOD WORD TO HELP EASE THEIR CHALLENGES!
FUN CONVERSATION, THE OTHER DAY, AT LA FITNESS . . . REMEMBER THE CHALLENGE I HAD, TRYING TO FIND AN XXL SWIMMING SUIT IN SEATTLE WITH TONS OF ASIANS, FIT WOMEN, WHO, STAY IN SHAPE . . . JUDGE NOT, IT MATTERS HOW I GOT HERE . . . BUT, I HEARD SEVERAL ASIAN LADIES, LAUGHING AND JOKING, THAT, THEY DON'T LIKE THE SPINNING CLASSES, BECAUSE, THE BIKES, HURT THEIR ASSES OR BUTTS, BECAUSE THE MACHINES ARE MADE FOR, TALL AMERICAN GIRLS! THEN, ONE CLARIFIED AND SAID, WELL, I AM AMERICAN! LOL. I SAID, CONSIDER IT PAYBACK, FOR ME, TRYING TO FIND, A SWIMMING SUIT IN SEATTLE WITH ALL YOU TINY ASIAN CHICKS! I HAD TO GO TO MONTANA, TO GET A SWIMMING SUIT THAT FITS, AMERICAN THIGHS! THEY ALL STARTED TO LAUGH, WE JOKED THAT, PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE, THE "MELTING POT" OF AMERICAN INTO CONSIDERATION ON SOME OF THESE THINGS. I EVEN THOUGHT, SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE AND ASIAN GYM, THEN, I THOUGHT, NO, THEN, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE DELIGHTFUL, FUN CONVERSATION WITH THESE WOMEN!
WE WILL WORK IT ALL OUT!
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OKAY!
PARTY ON!
GOOGLE, JAMES BROWN, "LIVING IN AMERICA!"
WE WILL GET THERE!
EVOLVE OR JUST LOVE!
SMILE.
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