I must say the Flathead Beacon Article with comments like, “Immoral” “further erode morality and set precedence for future lasciviousness and lewd displays that other communities” was like a VERY hard punch in the stomach and it kind of took the wind out of me at first, I must admit. With all I love here in Northwest Montana, with the Mountains so wonderful and so pure, with the Rivers running wild and the beauty that never stops blowing my mind. I cannot believe that HERE could be such intolerance, such hate, such lewd, immoral and lascivious attacks on people who are not even known to those spewing such hateful judgements.
Here, in Northwest Montana exists a group of people, a sector of society that thinks about me, about what goes on in my home though they do not even know my name - they hate me, they judge me, they stand and fight against me. Here in Northwest Montana we have people willing to Stand Up to Speak Out against who I choose to Love when there is no real reason it should even matter to them at all.
Ironic to me, as I am an out spoken voice for those who have Horrible Crimes committed against them and No One is Really Listening, Rapes unprotected, resorts running over property rights - violating court orders, real estate fraud, mortgage fraud, meth cook houses, serious domestic violence, homeless in Northwest Montana and jobs dwindling..
I speak out on these issues that affect Straight Folks, that affect Christians as well as the rest of our community, I stand up for them even in the face of the darkest of negativity and Now I must witness those WHO call me “Immoral” saying that I “further erode morality and set precedence for future lasciviousness and lewd displays…” they want to STOP a Parade of people proud to be who they are and yet do not stand up or speak out for all the other horribly injustices, fraud and crimes happening right here in Northwest Montana? This I cannot Understand.
What is a ‘Lewd Display” anyway- is it when a man and a woman kiss in the street, how about those 20 something outside of Target who do drugs and have sex on the side of the building, is it a half naked woman hanging on a Straight man at the park, is it a man or a woman yelling - berating each other in public, is it protests to Kill Wolves, is it violence and hatred toward environmentalists, is it stomping on peoples rights as WR Grace has done - as the State of Montana assists, is it a Meth Addict in public working at a Deli with open sores, is it “cook houses” having a “fire” and the local law knowing it is a cook house and not telling the firemen whose lives are in danger, is it drugging woman’s drinks at bars and Raping them, is it the beating elderly men by gangs of thugs, is it county commissioners taking a pay raise as the deliberately NOT create jobs, hmmmm … is that Lewd, is that Immoral ?
NOPE, it is Me, Standing Hand in Hand with my Partner, a Woman holding hands with a Woman in the Street where “THEY” can see. That is Lewd, that is Immoral.
Does any of these folks, these “groups” protest, petition ANY of these “Lewd” - “Immoral” behaviors… that are actually happening that actually hurt people's lives every single day?
This Stuff I mentioned above is Happening in Northwest Montana RIGHT NOW and I don’t see these folks speaking out about it. But me Being a Woman Loving a Woman is ENOUGH to just send them over the edge and enough to get them to Stand up, to Speak Out, to FIGHT .. What ????????????
Why is all this Lewdness ignored, yet if a Gay or Lesbian Couple kiss on YOUR STREETS that they pay for just as much as you do, why is their love Lewd and yours “natural” “acceptable” ?
Folks Some Serious Questions NEED to be Asked? The Hatred that is now rising out of Kalispell Montana for Montana Lesbians is Obscene, is certainly against any “moral” I have ever known and is wrong at every level of love, compassion and truth.
Kathy Kelly, the Representative of the Flathead Valley Church of Christ says, “We believe we are all made in the image of god - every one of us”. Does this mean we are all spirit, god is not in human flesh so we are not truly made in the “image of god”. Unless of course you believe God and Jesus are the Same Being.
Is God a Straight - White Man ? Who is made in that Image? Is God a Spirit - a Knowing - an Ether ? Who is made in that Image? Can you see God? You can See Me.
Lesbians are not against god, Lesbians are people, each uniquely different in their spiritual belief system and daily life … “the Image of God” really was this even appropriate in this article of Hate?
Rev. David Beaulieu of Valley Victory Church is “concerned” with our “agenda”. Really in the real World of Real Lesbians this is NOT a Reality, there is no “agenda”. Either you are a Gay or a Lesbian or you are NOT, we are not going to convert you, we are not on and “agenda” to strip you of your faith or demoralize you.
What is a ‘Lewd Display” anyway- is it when a man and a woman kiss in the street, how about those 20 something outside of Target who do drugs and have sex on the side of the building, is it a half naked woman hanging on a Straight man at the park, is it a man or a woman yelling - berating each other in public, is it protests to Kill Wolves, is it violence and hatred toward environmentalists, is it stomping on peoples rights as WR Grace has done - as the State of Montana assists, is it a Meth Addict in public working at a Deli with open sores, is it “cook houses” having a “fire” and the local law knowing it is a cook house and not telling the firemen whose lives are in danger, is it drugging woman’s drinks at bars and Raping them, is it the beating elderly men by gangs of thugs, is it county commissioners taking a pay raise as the deliberately NOT create jobs, hmmmm … is that Lewd, is that Immoral ?
NOPE, it is Me, Standing Hand in Hand with my Partner, a Woman holding hands with a Woman in the Street where “THEY” can see. That is Lewd, that is Immoral.
Does any of these folks, these “groups” protest, petition ANY of these “Lewd” - “Immoral” behaviors… that are actually happening that actually hurt people's lives every single day?
This Stuff I mentioned above is Happening in Northwest Montana RIGHT NOW and I don’t see these folks speaking out about it. But me Being a Woman Loving a Woman is ENOUGH to just send them over the edge and enough to get them to Stand up, to Speak Out, to FIGHT .. What ????????????
Why is all this Lewdness ignored, yet if a Gay or Lesbian Couple kiss on YOUR STREETS that they pay for just as much as you do, why is their love Lewd and yours “natural” “acceptable” ?
Folks Some Serious Questions NEED to be Asked? The Hatred that is now rising out of Kalispell Montana for Montana Lesbians is Obscene, is certainly against any “moral” I have ever known and is wrong at every level of love, compassion and truth.
Kathy Kelly, the Representative of the Flathead Valley Church of Christ says, “We believe we are all made in the image of god - every one of us”. Does this mean we are all spirit, god is not in human flesh so we are not truly made in the “image of god”. Unless of course you believe God and Jesus are the Same Being.
Is God a Straight - White Man ? Who is made in that Image? Is God a Spirit - a Knowing - an Ether ? Who is made in that Image? Can you see God? You can See Me.
Lesbians are not against god, Lesbians are people, each uniquely different in their spiritual belief system and daily life … “the Image of God” really was this even appropriate in this article of Hate?
Rev. David Beaulieu of Valley Victory Church is “concerned” with our “agenda”. Really in the real World of Real Lesbians this is NOT a Reality, there is no “agenda”. Either you are a Gay or a Lesbian or you are NOT, we are not going to convert you, we are not on and “agenda” to strip you of your faith or demoralize you.
THERE IS NO AGENDA.
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Barry Brubaker is in Charge of this March on Morality, sure hope is not immoral, lewd or lascivious in any way. Speaking out in such a judgmental, hateful, discriminating manner tends to bring out all the skeletons in ones own closets. And to expose the Real Agenda.
I cannot believe all this Talk about “our agenda” when really we are just paying bills, working hard, hiking or fishing, taking care of our family, loving each other and living … just simply living and yet these folks make their daily “agenda” to Stand up against out Agenda that we DON’T even really have. It is just something they made up in their mind.
I don’t wake up with a Gay Agenda on my mind. I wake up with aches and pains some days and some days not, I wake up I move about my house - my life, I drink coffee - I work on the computer, I make as many people feel good as I can in a day by being kind - listening to them and standing up for them, and yet there are a whole lot of folks out there who don’t have a clue of what is really going on in my home accept for what they “Make Up” in their mind that my life must be like.
Lesbians are People, we have different lifestyles, different religions and spirituality, we have different jobs and lifestyles, we eat different… we are not on an AGENDA, we do not join some CERTAIN way of life to be a LESBIAN, we simply choose to spend our life, our love and share our physical - emotional and spiritual self with a Woman instead of a Man.
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Barry Brubaker is in Charge of this March on Morality, sure hope is not immoral, lewd or lascivious in any way. Speaking out in such a judgmental, hateful, discriminating manner tends to bring out all the skeletons in ones own closets. And to expose the Real Agenda.
I cannot believe all this Talk about “our agenda” when really we are just paying bills, working hard, hiking or fishing, taking care of our family, loving each other and living … just simply living and yet these folks make their daily “agenda” to Stand up against out Agenda that we DON’T even really have. It is just something they made up in their mind.
I don’t wake up with a Gay Agenda on my mind. I wake up with aches and pains some days and some days not, I wake up I move about my house - my life, I drink coffee - I work on the computer, I make as many people feel good as I can in a day by being kind - listening to them and standing up for them, and yet there are a whole lot of folks out there who don’t have a clue of what is really going on in my home accept for what they “Make Up” in their mind that my life must be like.
Lesbians are People, we have different lifestyles, different religions and spirituality, we have different jobs and lifestyles, we eat different… we are not on an AGENDA, we do not join some CERTAIN way of life to be a LESBIAN, we simply choose to spend our life, our love and share our physical - emotional and spiritual self with a Woman instead of a Man.
And we Do Not HATE men.
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Wake up and Stop eating what your being fed, I am NOT who you think I am when you publically say such foul things about me just because I live with and Love a Woman. Why do you Care? Do you want to Marry Me? If not then what possible difference could it make?
Why can’t I just go about my life? Why is it your Business who I choose to LOVE?
Sadness, Grief, Anger, Rage, Sorry over me … I cannot believe YOU deem me IMMORAL because I am not married to a Man. I believe you would still judge me if I was married to a man. Each different Church judges those who are members of another as not worshipping the TRUE god. If I marry a man, surely If I did not go to your church and do as you please, you would judge me anyway, so why try and Make me Confirm to the "lifestyle" that you think I should be living, what Possible difference could it REALLY make to your Life ???
And Hey Kalispell, and all your Hatred for Lesbians, you folks who feel you must stand up to stop what you deem as “Immoral” and “Lewd”, Guess how many Gays and Lesbians come to Glacier Park every year, guess how many people who love and support Gay and Lesbian Family members come to Glacier Park every year? A whole lot of MONEY comes in to Montana from our community, the local headlines read that Glacier Park is holding up the Economy in the Flathead Valley as well as Montana. Gays and Lesbians come into your business, pay taxes and are more of a part of your Economy then you may wish to ever ignore... Petition That..
Why can’t I just go about my life? Why is it your Business who I choose to LOVE?
Sadness, Grief, Anger, Rage, Sorry over me … I cannot believe YOU deem me IMMORAL because I am not married to a Man. I believe you would still judge me if I was married to a man. Each different Church judges those who are members of another as not worshipping the TRUE god. If I marry a man, surely If I did not go to your church and do as you please, you would judge me anyway, so why try and Make me Confirm to the "lifestyle" that you think I should be living, what Possible difference could it REALLY make to your Life ???
And Hey Kalispell, and all your Hatred for Lesbians, you folks who feel you must stand up to stop what you deem as “Immoral” and “Lewd”, Guess how many Gays and Lesbians come to Glacier Park every year, guess how many people who love and support Gay and Lesbian Family members come to Glacier Park every year? A whole lot of MONEY comes in to Montana from our community, the local headlines read that Glacier Park is holding up the Economy in the Flathead Valley as well as Montana. Gays and Lesbians come into your business, pay taxes and are more of a part of your Economy then you may wish to ever ignore... Petition That..
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Maybe you don't want gays and lesbians in Montana.
rI am a 4th generation Montanan, I am related to the very first settlers here, not proud of it particularly when they did what they did to the Indians, but none the less it is a Fact... I am a Lesbian... I am a Montanan and that is Just the Way it is. I certainly have a right to be here and to LOVE who I want to... you don't get to choose who I love.
Be Honest NOW.. Is it Really Hurting you that I live with and Love a Woman, does it RATTLE your faith or tempt you to the dark side?
rDoes it really set "precedence" for "immorality"? Sorry but Immorality and at the darkest levels has been here for decades upon decades and the Lesbians are not the cause, not the participants and well... no part of that Lewd Precedence set long, long ago.
You Judge me for what you Think I Do in My Home, my Bedroom. Hmmm… what kinds of things are you imagining that I do … and who is the “immoral sinner” in Reality? I do not live the life that you imagine that I live.
You Judge me for what you Think I Do in My Home, my Bedroom. Hmmm… what kinds of things are you imagining that I do … and who is the “immoral sinner” in Reality? I do not live the life that you imagine that I live.
I live a life of Compassion, of Hard Work, of helping others, of standing up for those who have been wronged. I work, I laugh, I eat, I get sick - I get Well… I just Live….
Sometimes I am just moving along in my Real Life and I forget that there are groups of people that Hate me so, I forget I have to watch my hands, my eyes, my heart and I have to make sure that me just being Alive and Loving is not LEWD to anyone around me.
Sometimes I am just moving along in my Real Life and I forget that there are groups of people that Hate me so, I forget I have to watch my hands, my eyes, my heart and I have to make sure that me just being Alive and Loving is not LEWD to anyone around me.
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I am a Lesbian, so What, I am the Same Person, I think, I create, I work, I live…. I am a Lesbian, I am still SMART, creative, informative, knowledgeable. I am a Lesbian, and I still have something of value to add to your life - to teach you and to learn from you.
I stand for people who no one is listening to. I care about total strangers, I make a difference in someones life every single day. I care, I listen, I show compassion and reach out daily...
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And you Look at the Fact that I am a Lesbian and you Judge that,
that label, that definition of a Woman Loving a Woman.. I am Just Me..
that label, that definition of a Woman Loving a Woman.. I am Just Me..
My partner is the Kindest, most giving person I have ever known. She thrives on make other peoples lives better and she gains nothing other then the feeling she gets when she makes other peoples lives better. She spends money and time constantly on making other peoples lives better. She helps total strangers so they do not have to feel alone in this world, unloved or that they do not matter to anyone. She gives her last dollar to make sure that someone else does not do without.
She reaches out in ways many can only imagine. She is not vocal about it, such as I but she is wonderful, she is kind and she touches so many lives that this world is a better place on so many levels for the very reason that she is in it.
My Partner loves animals in a way that I am not kin to. She hears them when no one else is listening. She makes a stand when she can, yet she does not do it in a way that you might notice. She is gracefully silent about her giving in this world. And it is something she will never ask for or expect to be honored for yet many, many lives have been and will be forever changed for the better by her actions, her words, her courage...r
I cringe, my heart weeps at the thought of you thinking her “immoral” or “lewd” in any way after 16 years of watching her Give and Give beyond the point of having anything left for herself… She is a Lesbian… so does that erase All who she is that REALLY matters to so many?
I am a Sensuous, Sexual, Spiritual Woman. I am a Forester. I am a Business Woman. I am many, many things in this world and I just happen to be a Lesbian and that makes absolutely no difference to what I can bring to your world or gain from you.
I am a Sensuous, Sexual, Spiritual Woman. I am a Forester. I am a Business Woman. I am many, many things in this world and I just happen to be a Lesbian and that makes absolutely no difference to what I can bring to your world or gain from you.
I am simply a woman walking this world who happens to love another woman instead of a man in “that” way. I don’t look away when bad things happen to other people. I give my last dollar so that someone else can have a better day. I am a Good and Kind person and I am CERTAINLY standing firm on the RIGHT side of the Moral Compass.
And you say I am Lewd, Immoral, Lasciviousness, and that my life will further Erode morality and set precedence for future lasciviousness and lewd displays…”
You who say this are Certainly Setting a Precedence for HATE, for discrimination, for vile words, immoral blathering, judging and putting down total strangers and Eroding the Real Morality that matters to each of us at our core.
I say, "You Do NOT Get to Judge Me."
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You Do NOT get to say I am Lewd or Immoral.
I won't accept it, Period.
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You Do NOT get to JUDGE Me.
I don't give you that Right.
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You Do NOT get to say I am Lewd or Immoral.
I won't accept it, Period.
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You Do NOT get to JUDGE Me.
I don't give you that Right.
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You do not Choose for Me.
I Get to Choose for ME.
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You Do not Speak for Me.
You do not Choose for Me.
I Get to Choose for ME.
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You Do not Speak for Me.
I Speak for Me.
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I am a Lesbian. I Currently have Very short hair because I love the way it feel, I love the freedom of short hair and don’t have it in ANY way because I am a Lesbian.
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I am a Lesbian. I Currently have Very short hair because I love the way it feel, I love the freedom of short hair and don’t have it in ANY way because I am a Lesbian.
I a Lesbian and I pray everyday for more strength to NOT hate those who hate me. I pray for more tolerance for those who do NOT tolerate Me. I pray to be able to love more though they spew Hatred toward me on a daily basis.
I Pray to not let their hate STOP me from loving, stop me from being good to people, from smiling at and defending total strangers, I pray that their hate toward me does not stop me from helping people I don’t know carry groceries to their care. r
I pray that their judgement and harsh words about what you think my life is does not harden me on showing love in my community - in my world and helping people when I can. And does not Change Me, Harden Me...
Judge Me If you Must
Hate me if You Have To
Judge Me If you Must
Hate me if You Have To
Call me Immoral if it Makes you
Feel Closer to God.
Feel Closer to God.
Call me Lewd and Lascivious if you must
Because I am a Woman Loving a Woman
but Do not expect me to Hate you,
Do Not Expect me to STOP loving who I love,
Do not expect me to Change in any way
so that you feel more comfortable with me...
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Do What you Have to Do
in the Name of your God, your Faith
and what you Deem As Your Truth
Because I am a Woman Loving a Woman
but Do not expect me to Hate you,
Do Not Expect me to STOP loving who I love,
Do not expect me to Change in any way
so that you feel more comfortable with me...
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Do What you Have to Do
in the Name of your God, your Faith
and what you Deem As Your Truth
and Just Know that I am simply a Woman,
a Montana Woman who Loves another Montana Woman...
a Montana Woman who Loves another Montana Woman...
it is no Agenda
it is Just me In Love, In Life
doing the Best I can in this Life...
it is Just me In Love, In Life
doing the Best I can in this Life...
take care out - OUT there
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Montana has Many Who Tolerate, Who Love and Who do not Judge.. Sorrowful that they are not the ones who reach the headlines...
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