Don’t we get it? To put our arm around someone who is gay, someone who has an addiction, somebody who lives a different lifestyle, someone who is not what we think they should be… doing that has nothing to do with enabling them or accepting what they do as okay by us. It has nothing to do with encouraging them in their practice of what you or I might feel or believe is wrong vs right. It has everything to do with being a good human being. A good person. A good friend. Dan Pearce
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AIDS is a disease of the mind. It’s not nature versus nurture. We are born with nature, but nurture can change that nature. It’s not about good versus bad, but what makes us who we are, who we want to be, and how we want to live our lives.

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