Hate

People attempt to demonize
Love
They protest against it
Picket signs; hate bubbling from the spittle exiting their mouths
They bully, abuse others
Until desperation turns to
Suicide
Or they do the job themselves,
Beat them to death
Savagely.
You accuse them of being unnatural
It’s unnatural to torture a person to death
Get into their brains
The way they are is a sin…
Are you a man now that you have killed a “fag”?
Are you a man now that you have kept them from their rights?
Show me you’re a man
By not being threatened
By something as harmless as
Love.
Cause as much pain as you can
It will never defeat
The connection between two people
Be relentless in your abhorrence
It will make no difference
You will never change the minds of
Love.
So give them their rights
They aren’t hurting you.
Open the blinds of hate covering your vision
They are people.
They are someone’s child.
Someone cares about them.
Your god made them too.

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