Make no mistake: conversion therapy is not about 'praying away the gay.' It's an emotional torture against our most innocent citizens: our children.
Interpretation
Conversion therapy is a harmful practice that targets children's identities, claiming to change their sexual orientation.
Gavin Newsom's quote emphasizes the damaging nature of conversion therapy, which is often disguised as a form of religious or emotional intervention. It highlights the ethical concerns surrounding this practice, particularly its impact on children, who are vulnerable and deserve protection from such emotional manipulation and harm.
In practice
This quote can be used in a debate about LGBTQ+ rights.
If you distill the essence of everything, what life is about, every single one of us is given a short moment in time on this planet, and we all have one universal need and desire, and that is to be loved and to love. And to deny that for your own political expediency, I don't want to live in that column. It ain't worth it.
Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
Separate inherently is not equal. There's a reason why $45 million was spent against marriage equality. It's because people understand the word does have meaning. And equality comes when we accept the same notions and the same institutions for everyone, regardless of race and gender and regardless of sex orientation.
It is only when we stand up, with all our failings and sufferings, and try to support others rather than withdraw into ourselves, that we can fully live the life of community.
..... it would be interesting to find out what goes on in that moment when someone looks at you and draws all sorts of conclusions.
Prenups are so unromantic - a sign of distrust, not love. Time for a reality check, my friends. First, drawing up a prenuptial agreement together is a sign of incredible trust and financial openness - you're fooling yourself if you think you can achieve complete intimacy without it.
At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Even if you meet the perfect person, it ain’t gonna be at the perfect time. You’re married, they’re single. That’s right. You’re Jewish, they’re Palestinian. You’re a Mexican, they’re a raccoon. You’re a black woman, he’s a black man.
Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.
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