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DonRedwood

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8. Giving Thanks that my partner and I are safe and happy in our home

Reply to Turborama (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 01:34 PM

Nov 2012

Thank you for sharing this. Sometimes we forget the struggles our friends in the South, the Middle East, so many places, go through.

I look forward to when my partner and I can get married (in our home state) but until then I will remember how lucky we are to be safe.

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Muslim Man to Open 'Mosque for Gays' in France [View all] Turborama Nov 2012 OP

A bold but scary idea. Like hanging a sign that says "bomb me." mainer Nov 2012 #1

Has a fatwa been issued yet? pipoman Nov 2012 #2

Now there is an enlightened guy with a death wish. loudsue Nov 2012 #3

The guy wants to fight Homophobia and Islamophobia. Ash_F Nov 2012 #4

Indeed. Ideas whose time has come. Raster Nov 2012 #11

I was at a wedding earlier this year, in Philly, Bohunk68 Nov 2012 #5

A brave move in a bigoted country. Pterodactyl Nov 2012 #6

Burqas not allowed, sorry n/t AlphaCentauri Nov 2012 #15

I hope that guy has body guards. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #7

Giving Thanks that my partner and I are safe and happy in our home DonRedwood Nov 2012 #8

Great for him, but lousy for his insurance company AnnieBW Nov 2012 #9

Props to the chapel for offering the space, too. (nt) Posteritatis Nov 2012 #10

Nice. Good luck to him. n/t Matariki Nov 2012 #12

I wish him well but fear this will end tragically. 4th law of robotics Nov 2012 #13

Good for him. Allah be with him! Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #14

I hope it works out. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #16

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