{"id":206,"date":"2015-04-18T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T13:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhaecamdyn.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2015-04-18T08:40:43","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T13:40:43","slug":"lgbtq-push-back-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhaecamdyn.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ Push Back Giveaway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Love is Love is Love…..<\/p>\n

Allow me to state once and for all, I am a STRONG supporter of equal rights for EVERYONE. Likewise, I usually allow folks with a differing opinion to enjoy every bit of their personal opinion \u2013 as long as they don\u2019t try to shove it down my throat, or the throats of anyone else, OR decide to legislate their personal beliefs into a public policy. Live and let live is a pretty happy place to be and with very few exceptions, a fairly nice lane to drive through life in.<\/p>\n

When my firstborn nervously approached me to venture forth the idea that she might be bisexual, I didn\u2019t flinch an inch. In fact, I think she was sort of shocked when I told her that her biological father was and he was closeted about it. Which, wasn\u2019t a nice to for me to find out about until a couple of years AFTER he left the scene and I had to wait 3 weeks for the results of an AIDS test. (Note to genetic benefactor of first born child: Spurned ex-lovers have a very efficient network capability and a definitive taste for revenge tartare\u2026.oh gee, is the blood still dripping down my chin from that? Oops.)<\/p>\n

Events of late have left a VERY nasty taste in my mouth; especially when righteous dim-wits go out of their way to show the rest of the world what an absolute failure our educational system currently is and just how decayed the interior working of our democratic republic is. We have the legislative process only the most elite of oligarchs could have wet dreams over and an educational system so pathetic that we\u2019re only microns away from dropping statistically below certain Third World countries. Into this festering cesspool we add laughingstock after vaudevillian sideshow of state mandated \u2018religious freedom\u2019 statutes and \u2018abstinence only\u2019 sex education.<\/p>\n

The pathetic outcome of such short-sighted actions will result in hairless bi-pedal hominids with scarcely enough mentation to punch buttons; those that survive their litter\u2019s gestation in mothers infested with drug resistant venereal diseases, that is.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s PAST time to push back against the tides of intolerance, the bulwark of bullying, and the rubber bullets of riot police. I proudly support AJ Rose, Kate Aaron and Meredith King\u2019s organized efforts in this weekend\u2019s LGBTQ Push Back Charity Giveaway, and have a couple of short stories to offer up in exchange for donations to their efforts. OR\u2026.(keep in mind that in R\/L I am clergy) \u2026I will joyfully write a complete liturgy for whatever spiritual need you have.<\/p>\n

There you have it in 500 words or less. Please support this cause; next to our fur-babies and purr-babies, it\u2019s near and dear to my heart. Further, for about the same price as that fancy coffee in your hand, you\u2019ll be supporting authors that could be wandering the streets looking for unsuspecting characters to add to their next novel in compromising situations with questionable motives. Scary thought, no?<\/p>\n

For more information and how to donate, sign up for the neat stuff, etc. Go HERE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/diversereader.blogspot.com\/2015\/04\/lgbtq-push-back-charity-giveaway.html<\/p>\n

An excerpt of the good stuff at that site:<\/p>\n

It started when my sister Sarah overheard me talking to my boyfriend on the phone.
\nThat afternoon, under the football stadium bleachers, Jonathan and I had our first kiss, and
\nI told him how much I liked it, how I wanted to do it again. I didn\u2019t notice the click of
\nanother phone in the house being picked up, but I sure heard it when my parents yelled my
\nfull name.
\n\u201cElijah Michael Goodman, come here right this second!\u201d
\n\u201cI gotta go,\u201d I whispered to Jonathan, and hung up before he could say anything. My
\nheart was in my throat as I went downstairs to the living room to see my mother and father
\nstanding there, looking for all the world like they\u2019d swallowed lemons.
\n\u201cWho were you on the phone with?\u201d Dad asked.
\n\u201cJonathan,\u201d I answered truthfully. They thought he was my best friend. \u201cWhy?\u201d
\n\u201cWhat were you talking about?\u201d Mom demanded, her voice shaking.
\nI squirmed and did the only thing I could with no time to think. I lied. \u201cA test in
\nAlgebra tomorrow.\u201d
\n\u201cThat\u2019s not what Sarah heard,\u201d Dad challenged, eyes flashing.
\nOh shit, I thought, but would never say out loud. My parents would tan my hide if I
\nswore in front of them, then take me to confession.
\nMy silence made them angrier. Dad\u2019s face turned red. \u201cShe said you kissed Jonathan.\u201d
\nThere was no way to refute that. I wasn\u2019t a good liar. All I could do was take a deep
\nbreath and nod, hoping they\u2019d see the pleading in my eyes.
\n\u201cAre you gay?\u201d Mom demanded. Another nod.
\nThe rest is a blur. My mother began screaming about my soul and salvation, and
\nthey wouldn\u2019t listen when I tried to tell them I tried not to be interested in guys, but it was
\nimpossible. My dad went quiet, which was scarier than if he\u2019d yelled, or even taken out the
\nbelt.
\nRoughly grabbing my arm, he marched me up to my room, got out a duffel bag, and
\nthrew three changes of clothes in it, grabbed my deodorant from the top of the dresser, and
\nshoved my shoes at my chest. Then he dragged me back downstairs, twisting my ankle in
\nthe process, and threw me out the front door, the duffel landing beside me on the dry,
\nbrown lawn.
\n\u201cDon\u2019t come back. You\u2019re not our son anymore.\u201d
\nMy heart, having never left my throat, exploded, taking with it my ability to breathe.
\nWhat did he mean? Don\u2019t come back, ever?
\nThat\u2019s how it started. By the time I\u2019d walked to Jonathan\u2019s, my parents\u2014no, Mr. and
\nMrs. Goodman\u2014had already called his parents, and his mother met me at the door with
\ncrossed arms and a stern expression, telling me Jonathan wasn\u2019t home, and that he wasn\u2019t
\nallowed to see me. As I\u2019d walked away shivering, tears stinging my cheeks in the cold
\nNovember air, I\u2019d looked back. Jonathan was at his bedroom window, holding an ice pack to
\nhis eye and looking miserable. He gave a tentative wave, which I returned.
\nI had no choice. I had no money. I didn\u2019t have my coat. No phone. And no one to call
\nanyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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