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"How come the issue still has to be raised? How come I can't marry a grrl if I (a girl) and she want to? How come the human race is so bloody stupid that everybody (including gays, lesbians and bis of course) always finds a supposedly good reason to deny to a certain category of other people the right to live as they want even if they do not endanger anything? Well, well, I guess nobody will have an answer to that, so let's keep on fighting stupidity wherever it is. Giving free access to culture for everybody is a good way to improve the situation. And having fun. Stupid, unhappy people hate it when you have fun. Actually, it may be the reason why they don't want same gender people to marry. THEY have to spend so much time (re)producing that they don't have time for pleasure anymore! And jealousy is denying pleasure to other people."

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"Gay people should be allowed to get married. After all they are people just like any straight person. It would also somewhat help the spread of AIDS in the gay community. Love is love, pure and simple. When two people fall in love they should be married. After all, love doesn't come about too often."

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"Jules-- please know that there are places where gay marriages are respected. The Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches http://ufmcc.com/ is a Christian denomination that celebrates same-sex Holy Union as a sacrament, and there are other options for non-Christians. Though your marriage may not yet be legally accepted, that will come in time. Good luck, don't give up."

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About: How It Tasted

"How it Tasted is the most painful awful thing I have ever read. I think every boy in high school should have to read it. They should be forced to read it because it is so real and true and raw and maybe it'll make the slightest bit of difference in one of them. While reading it I found myself looking at the screen out of the corner of my eyes - my head turned away from the screen and my hands on my stomach. So sad."

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About: Battle of the Sexes

"Wow! I keep thinking I've seen the limit of Kat McElroy's ability to put the female experience down on paper. Another awesome piece! Thanks, Kat, for showing us yet more "ways to be Female.""

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"Woo hoo! Thanks for publishing more of Kat McElroy's work! Whenever I come across one of her pieces I'm just glued to my screen and I block out the world to share in her wild, funny and moving experiences."

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"Kat's story is great...witty, clever, and honest...I couldn't stop reading. Thanks for the opportunity to say MORE!"

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About: Level Field?

"I agree thoroughly that many adults in schools treat girls as though we are below the boys. In some situations things need to be changed. For instance, when teachers ask for things to be carried, when girls want to work in the weight room (this causes a few problems around here), and even in science and math classes (although that shouldn't seem new). There are a few places where I would have to disagree though. When a man holds the door open for a woman, he isn't saying that she is too weak or that she can't do it, he's respecting her. Same thing for when a man pulls out the chair for a woman or when he helps her with her coat. These are not insulting women or putting us down, just the opposite. They are acts of respect that we should keep our men doing. I personally also think we should bring back the act of having men stay standing at the table until after the women are sitting. One other comment, I always pay for my part of the meal; that way I owe no male anything."

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