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sandensea

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10. Never ceases to amaze me how times have changed

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 10:48 PM

Oct 2018

It wasn't but 10 or 20 years ago that such bravery could you killed - or at the very least ostracized by everyone from your classmates, to your teachers, your neighbors, and even your parents themselves.

Good on them. That's courage.

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Gay Teen Asks Straight Captain of the Football Team to Homecoming [View all] left-of-center2012 Oct 2018 OP

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #1

This makes me smile. nt Susan Calvin Oct 2018 #2

Most kids are this way about their gay friends. It's that lunatic fringe that seems to have ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #3

You are exactly right.... dhill926 Oct 2018 #4

I applaud this kid sdfernando Oct 2018 #6

It's a complete 180, hard to absorb the full wonder of the change. JudyM Oct 2018 #7

Yes...exactly right....like a dream sdfernando Oct 2018 #8

They're not going to be able to push it back too far, we have too many allies now, especially JudyM Oct 2018 #11

A help to zentrum Oct 2018 #5

These teenagers are smarter than the majority of adults. That gave me goose bumps. George II Oct 2018 #9

He sounds like a mensch, a great, warm-hearted person. Sweet memory. JudyM Oct 2018 #12

Never ceases to amaze me how times have changed sandensea Oct 2018 #10