Don't forget the fourth of July. Or Memorial Day. Or Presidents Day. Or Thanksgiving, actually. Or Veteran's Day.

You mean kinda stereoFABULOUS!

That's an interesting way to look at things- so heterosexuals who are in relationships and/or having sex are living a heterosexual lifestyle, the way you define "lifestyle" to be. Would that mean even if they are married, when they are engaging in sex for pleasure and not procreation (as I hear rumors they do) that's a sin, the same sort of sexual misconduct that some Christians believe homosexuality to be?

...I totally won a pillow fight in grade school this one time....

I agree, I would have said "girls making funny faces" if I named the trend. I like how it shows how much what we perceive to be beauty is really just a set of skills- like good lighting, makeup, angles, and editing. I like that these girls mess with the whole concept.

It took me a second too- I only starting questioning it because it would have been a grammatical incorrect use of boned lol. And I can't believe they misspelled your name! Horrible editing :-(

You can be a homosexual or bisexual or transsexual without physical intimacy, we are not defined by who are partners are. I am pansexual and a member of the gay community, and am no less a member of that community when I am with a straight man or bisexual man or I am single. I am still not a heterosexual, I still exist as a gay person. Lifestyle is not the correct word, your sexual identity is who you are.

No, Mamo, no one here will treat you like your father. We are here to look out for and protect one another and get the help we need. I hope you are doing okay, you've been in my thoughts.

You just made me choke on my coffee, Lace. Best comment of the night!

Lol, I love the guest's comments on this! You guys rock!

That is the exact thing I thought when I saw the quote lol- I love it, but it made me check my cell phone.

Not the guy with 48 pies?

Thank you, passion- I appreciate your support, but I really don't think it's getting through. Mike, you have accused me of dodging your questions when I have addressed them, compared my sexual identity to that of a cancer causing habit and the "sin of aggression," and all the while talked about how it was MY responsibility as the gay person to make YOU feel respected and your opinions valid.
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This entitlement you feel to comment on the lives of others that you label Christianity is not ever something I can use logic to reason away because it's not base in logic- Faith by definition is beyond logic. Your beliefs do not belong running my life, or anyone else's who do not ascribe to them. Hence why they are -your- beliefs.

You asked "Tell me something: All those commercials you see on TV about quitting smoking -- are those disrespectful? Yes or no, and why?"
I said: "It is not even to be compared to a commercial on television, which I still have to invite into my home by switching on the tv."
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That is not dodging your question. I also made the choice not to get into an argument about how completely disrespectful and obtuse it is to compare someone's sexual identity, who and how they love, and their consensual choices to something that gives the user and those around them cancer and other medical problems. This is actually a really good example- you make an argument you most likely don't see as offensive, and then try to criticize me for not addressing it at all, and you are still going to tell me you are the one who is behaving respectfully. I absolutely agree, we are not getting anywhere. You still feel the way you do, and I am still gay.

Mike, there is simply not a reasonable or respectful way to interject your unwanted views and judgements on other's private lives. If you are not giving them their basic rights of autonomy and privacy, you are not being respectful. It doesn't matter if you believe you are forcing your views on others for their own good or with "love and respect," you are still acting in a inherent disrespectful manner. It is not even to be compared to a commercial on television, which I still have to invite into my home by switching on the tv.
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Our views of what is basic human respect are different, and that is where the disagreement lies. I believe I and everyone else have the right to my autonomy and privacy, and you don't find it disrespectful to intrude on that privacy to express to them or I that you "disagree with their choices and offer advice." We're too far apart here.

You're in my thoughts, and you are worthy- you just have to recognize that these thoughts of hopelessness and worthlessness take over your head, like a dark cloud or a storm. When that happens, it's not who you are, it doesn't define you. You have support numbers to call and a whole community here who is pulling for you. These thoughts are not who you are.

I am so glad, Mamo. You've been in my thoughts. I am glad you're doing better :-)

Oh my goodness, I am going to have to count how much I like things to see if it is ridiculous how much I do it if I am only one.