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This is downright nifty Clovia; thanks for pointing it out. I'll probably write about it, too.
 

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Ah! Is it bad form to post the picture directly in the forum?

I can't open blogspot in China :(
 

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Believe me, after ten years in the pestilential shadow of FotF, seeing something so simply decent was a real, honest to God (hee!), pleasure.
 

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Here, not Harry: Sorry for the huge pic!

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I think this might be the only time I've ever thought it completely appropriate to leave a pic huge. But I LOVE it great big like that.

What a lovely thing. :)
 

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I'm glad you like it, because Unfrozen CaveClovia is frightened and confused by your modern technology.
 

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For NotHarryS, from the bloglink Clovia posted:
I spent the day at Chicago’s Pride Parade. Some friends and I, with The Marin Foundation, wore shirts with “I’m Sorry” written on it. We had signs that said, “I’m sorry that Christians judge you,” “I’m sorry the way churches have treated you,” “I used to be a bible-banging homophobe, sorry.” We wanted to be an alternative Christian voice from the protestors that were there speaking hate into megaphones.

What I loved most about the day is when people “got it.” I loved watching people’s faces as they saw our shirts, read the signs, and looked back at us. Responses were incredible. Some people blew us kisses, some hugged us, some screamed thank you. A couple ladies walked up and said we were the best thing they had seen all day. I wish I had counted how many people hugged me. One guy in particular softly said, “Well, I forgive you.”

Watching people recognize our apology brought me to tears many times. It was reconciliation personified.

My favorite though was a gentleman who was dancing on a float. He was dressed solely in white underwear and had a pack of abs like no one else. As he was dancing on the float, he noticed us and jokingly yelled, “What are you sorry for? It’s pride!” I pointed to our signs and watched him read them.

Then it clicked.
(there's more, but that's the crux of it, and the backstory. I didn't want to reproduce the guy's whole post here without permission.)
 

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Thank you. Wonderful photo of an awesome moment.
 

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Wow. Honestly... I'll admit that I am a gay man that is very, very angry at Christianity and Christians. And whether it's right or not I will paint with a broad brush, because from the day I was born in a house connected to my grandpa's church till now, in the interim when I've been distanced from my family for years, when I've lost friends, when my own mother has tried to exorcise me, when I've been stuck in a country that I don't like 'cause I can't marry the person I love... I have never personally met a Christian that even gives a fuck. I haven't.

Until today.That single blog post, and that group's active approach to trying to bring about healing and reconciliation between gays and Christians -- God, that means the fucking world to me. And I actually do feel some of that anger melting away.

It's gonna take a long time to heal, but this really, really helped.
 

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Heh. I posted the link to that post a couple days ago in 'A Room of our own?' thread. Oh well.

As I said there, I thought it was pretty neat, and like the sentiment. Still waiting to see what else they do, whether it's just words or if they back it up with more actions. :)
 

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Does this mean we can all post our underwear pics?

I have a twelve pack of abs :D
 
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This definitely made me feel better when I read about it.
 

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It's incredibly moving and hopeful.
 

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That's lovely.

A beautiful photograph and a great blog post to go with it. Very moving.

I'd love to think that more people will get the message.
 

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Best pic ever.

(This deserves thread-necromancy. Lemme alone.)
 
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