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Nothing Without Hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-06-06 06:52 PM
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33. Yes, isn't it? Its great and continuing impact shows how just one person
of great heart and will can contribute to real change for the better. I mean, for pete's sake, this was "just" a letter to an editor in a small local Vermont newspaper, and it is STILL resounding around the world!
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  -LTTE by a loving mother of a gay son - powerful and moving - pass it on Nothing Without Hope  Jun-06-06 02:30 PM   #0 
  - Remarkable letter. I hope her son finds the peace he seeks.  sinkingfeeling   Jun-06-06 02:42 PM   #1 
  - Good for that mom! Wonderful letter.  sfexpat2000   Jun-06-06 02:46 PM   #2 
  - Recommended!  PA Democrat   Jun-06-06 02:46 PM   #3 
  - Peace to that mother and her son  ayeshahaqqiqa   Jun-06-06 02:47 PM   #4 
  - I have a rule. I never cry at work.  im10ashus   Jun-06-06 02:48 PM   #5 
  - god knows I came so close myself  unpossibles   Jun-06-06 03:00 PM   #9 
  - Is there a link?  im10ashus   Jun-06-06 02:56 PM   #6 
  - It's around the internet and even available in some other languages.  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 03:25 PM   #14 
     - Thank you!  im10ashus   Jun-06-06 03:25 PM   #15 
  - Outstanding letter  tech3149   Jun-06-06 02:58 PM   #7 
  - I'm sending this to every mom I know  yellerpup   Jun-06-06 02:58 PM   #8 
  - My Mother walked out her church  Roon   Jun-06-06 03:03 PM   #10 
  - A middle of the night kick  BrklynLiberal   Jun-07-06 02:42 AM   #46 
  - This section made me perk up.  xmas74   Jun-06-06 03:06 PM   #11 
  - I remember the interview with the openly gay  China_cat   Jun-06-06 03:46 PM   #18 
  - Exactly.  xmas74   Jun-06-06 03:56 PM   #19 
  - didn't Goldwater before he died say gays in the military were OK??  bobbieinok   Jun-06-06 04:18 PM   #20 
  - I'll have to look that up.  xmas74   Jun-06-06 04:28 PM   #23 
     - I just Googled and found a LOT of hits on Goldwater advocating inclusion:  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 06:30 PM   #29 
     - Thank you!  xmas74   Jun-06-06 07:38 PM   #37 
     - Here's a relevant 2005 DU article on gays in the military:  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 06:42 PM   #31 
        - I will have to sit down later and read that carefully.  xmas74   Jun-06-06 07:38 PM   #38 
  - I'd love to see more powerful LTTEs from such soldiers  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 04:18 PM   #21 
  - I would too.  xmas74   Jun-06-06 04:30 PM   #25 
     - My father served in the Korean War. Though he had a ready collection of  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 06:48 PM   #32 
        - The only joke I can think of him making is that  xmas74   Jun-06-06 07:44 PM   #41 
  - Yup. My father served in WWII in the Pacific - he also said that  IndyOp   Jun-06-06 05:44 PM   #26 
  - My grandfather was a Pentecostal.  xmas74   Jun-06-06 07:40 PM   #39 
  - More on the dangerous stupidity of expelling gays from the military:  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 07:25 PM   #36 
     - Thank you!  xmas74   Jun-06-06 07:41 PM   #40 
  - So...sad...and well written  Taverner   Jun-06-06 03:12 PM   #12 
  - Feeling hope through my tears  suffragette   Jun-06-06 03:13 PM   #13 
  - Sharon Underwood also wrote a letter in support of Mark Noel:  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 03:32 PM   #16 
  - How I wish that ALL young gay people had parents so loving and so fierce  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 03:44 PM   #17 
  - have you read Suzanne Brockman's dedication to her gay son in book  bobbieinok   Jun-06-06 04:25 PM   #22 
  - This is lovely. Thanks for passing it on to us. I know the author would  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 06:21 PM   #27 
  - Another classic: "An Open Letter To Dr.Laura" - for bible-quoting  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 04:29 PM   #24 
  - That is a fantastic piece of writing  ComerPerro   Jun-06-06 06:29 PM   #28 
  - Yes, isn't it? Its great and continuing impact shows how just one person  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 06:52 PM   #33 
  - I think, over time, this is the view that will prevail in America.  Placebo   Jun-06-06 06:31 PM   #30 
  - Still a bittersweet, 'everyone should read' letter.  karlrschneider   Jun-06-06 06:58 PM   #34 
  - Sigh... WONDERFUL letter. And so poignant.  calimary   Jun-06-06 07:03 PM   #35 
  - Poignant letter..I'm  zidzi   Jun-06-06 07:47 PM   #42 
  - Best. LTTE. Ever.  Jacobin   Jun-06-06 08:01 PM   #43 
  - That's my response too: best LTTE ever. Shows what a strong LTTE,  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-06-06 08:08 PM   #44 
  - one last kick for the night n/t  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-07-06 12:57 AM   #45 
  - Damn! What an EXCELLENT letter!  SeattleGirl   Jun-07-06 02:54 AM   #47 
     - If the homophobes are the bible-quoting hypocritical variety,  Nothing Without Hope   Jun-07-06 01:19 PM   #48 
 

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