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		<title>Comment on Stop Using Religion as an Excuse to Discriminate by Sonja Faith Lund</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/16/stop-religion-excuse-discriminate/#comment-827</link>
		<dc:creator>Sonja Faith Lund</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great points except one note: asexuals exist.  They&#039;re not evil because they dislike sex; it&#039;s their orientation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great points except one note: asexuals exist.  They&#039;re not evil because they dislike sex; it&#039;s their orientation.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Stop Using Religion as an Excuse to Discriminate by Mary E Tyler</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/16/stop-religion-excuse-discriminate/#comment-826</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary E Tyler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think David misses two important things here. 

1) Sex, itself, is gross and revolting when you think in terms of mechanics and not in terms of love and affection. For heterosexuals, though, they cannot separate the idea of het sex from love because that is how they love (except the really evil ones who hate all sex, even when they are having it, those people are just sick). But on the flip side, they see gay sex a just sex because they don&#039;t identify with gay love and gay affection and gay-being-human. It is alien to them. But at some point, one might be able to educate het people that hey, het sex is a little gross when you think mereely in terms of mechanics, but it is beautiful when it is the expression of love. Well, gay sex is the same way. And is being fought for is the gay expression f love. 

2) There&#039;s been research done on the revulsion reflex and how it is stronger in some people (who tend to be &quot;conservative&quot;) and weaker in others (who tend to be politically liberal). This has to be taken into account because some people are always going to be more strongly revolted and they will always be strongly revolted. But does that mean that they can deny human rights to others because those people revolt them? I mean, the story of human civilization is that they TRY. Blacks, Hispanics, Indians, geeks, the disabled, the severaly mentally challenged, people who don&#039;t bathe, people who color their hair blue and greeen and the list goes on and on and ON. At some point, unless the people with strong revulsion reflexes can be moved to see the &quot;other&quot; people as human too, they will continue to think that it is right and good to deny them human rights based on their personal revulsions. 

Much apologies for all the typos. The type is very, very small and I can&#039;t see it worth a damn.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think David misses two important things here. </p>
<p>1) Sex, itself, is gross and revolting when you think in terms of mechanics and not in terms of love and affection. For heterosexuals, though, they cannot separate the idea of het sex from love because that is how they love (except the really evil ones who hate all sex, even when they are having it, those people are just sick). But on the flip side, they see gay sex a just sex because they don&#039;t identify with gay love and gay affection and gay-being-human. It is alien to them. But at some point, one might be able to educate het people that hey, het sex is a little gross when you think mereely in terms of mechanics, but it is beautiful when it is the expression of love. Well, gay sex is the same way. And is being fought for is the gay expression f love. </p>
<p>2) There&#039;s been research done on the revulsion reflex and how it is stronger in some people (who tend to be &quot;conservative&quot;) and weaker in others (who tend to be politically liberal). This has to be taken into account because some people are always going to be more strongly revolted and they will always be strongly revolted. But does that mean that they can deny human rights to others because those people revolt them? I mean, the story of human civilization is that they TRY. Blacks, Hispanics, Indians, geeks, the disabled, the severaly mentally challenged, people who don&#039;t bathe, people who color their hair blue and greeen and the list goes on and on and ON. At some point, unless the people with strong revulsion reflexes can be moved to see the &quot;other&quot; people as human too, they will continue to think that it is right and good to deny them human rights based on their personal revulsions. </p>
<p>Much apologies for all the typos. The type is very, very small and I can&#039;t see it worth a damn.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Homosexuality is Not a Sin. by Steve McNeil</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/07/homosexuality-sin/#comment-825</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve McNeil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amen brother....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amen brother&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Homosexuality is Not a Sin. by Steve McNeil</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/07/homosexuality-sin/#comment-824</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve McNeil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:54:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BRO!! well said....... </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BRO!! well said&#8230;&#8230;. </p>
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		<title>Comment on Homosexuality is Not a Sin. by Bill Glenn Kaetzel</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/07/homosexuality-sin/#comment-823</link>
		<dc:creator>Bill Glenn Kaetzel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is a sin but so is lusting after women, which is one that I deal with on a daily basis.  The thing is SIN is SIN is SIN.  In the eyes of God there is no bigger sin than another. Jesus paid with his blood for ALL sins.  Homosexuality is not the sin that I struggle with but I have my own that I struggle with and it is not for me to judge or anyone for that matter.  So how about we all just listen to Jesus and love one another for who they are.  </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is a sin but so is lusting after women, which is one that I deal with on a daily basis.  The thing is SIN is SIN is SIN.  In the eyes of God there is no bigger sin than another. Jesus paid with his blood for ALL sins.  Homosexuality is not the sin that I struggle with but I have my own that I struggle with and it is not for me to judge or anyone for that matter.  So how about we all just listen to Jesus and love one another for who they are.  </p>
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		<title>Comment on Stories of Reconciliation: I Found Grace by This is What Love in Action Looks Like &#8211; A Story of Grace &#124; Skipping to the Piccolo</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/04/29/stories-of-reconciliation-i-found-grace/#comment-822</link>
		<dc:creator>This is What Love in Action Looks Like &#8211; A Story of Grace &#124; Skipping to the Piccolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 03:13:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] was honored for him to submit his own coming-to-terms story for this blog a few weeks back, and I’ve since talked with him a few times. This is a man who is [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] was honored for him to submit his own coming-to-terms story for this blog a few weeks back, and I’ve since talked with him a few times. This is a man who is [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Ex-gay teen &quot;Refuge&quot; is officially closed by This is What Love in Action Looks Like &#8211; A Story of Grace &#124; Skipping to the Piccolo</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2007/07/02/ex-gay-teen-refuge-is-officially-closed/#comment-821</link>
		<dc:creator>This is What Love in Action Looks Like &#8211; A Story of Grace &#124; Skipping to the Piccolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 03:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] against ex-gay ministries. Heck, there’s even a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it screen shot of my own blog post about Refuge’s ultimate shutdown. It was a pleasant [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] against ex-gay ministries. Heck, there’s even a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it screen shot of my own blog post about Refuge’s ultimate shutdown. It was a pleasant [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on PFLAG &#8211; A Critical Message for Critical Times by This is What Love in Action Looks Like &#8211; A Story of Grace &#124; Skipping to the Piccolo</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2005/07/30/pflag-a-critical-message-for-critical-times/#comment-820</link>
		<dc:creator>This is What Love in Action Looks Like &#8211; A Story of Grace &#124; Skipping to the Piccolo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 03:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] story is one that spoke to me years ago when I first heard about it in the summer of 2005. At the time, we were in the process of forming a new PFLAG (Parents, Friends [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] story is one that spoke to me years ago when I first heard about it in the summer of 2005. At the time, we were in the process of forming a new PFLAG (Parents, Friends [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Marriage Wars: The Phantom Menace by David Foreman</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/11/marriage-wars-phantom-menace/#comment-819</link>
		<dc:creator>David Foreman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The &quot;Force&quot; is with us.  He is always with the oppressed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &quot;Force&quot; is with us.  He is always with the oppressed.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why &#8220;Defending the Family&#8221; is a Big, Fat Lie by Chiquita Dineyanti</title>
		<link>http://skippingtothepiccolo.com/2012/05/09/defending-family-big-fat-lie/#comment-818</link>
		<dc:creator>Chiquita Dineyanti</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wouldn&#039;t they would do far greater favor to &quot;families&quot; if they focus on strengthening it, like supporting laws &amp; policies that help working parents, encouraging well-thought-of &amp; conscious decisions to marry, family planning, marital counseling, etc, instead of focusing on attacking &quot;the others&quot;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wouldn&#039;t they would do far greater favor to &quot;families&quot; if they focus on strengthening it, like supporting laws &amp; policies that help working parents, encouraging well-thought-of &amp; conscious decisions to marry, family planning, marital counseling, etc, instead of focusing on attacking &quot;the others&quot;?</p>
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