There was a time not long ago, we had to hide the ways
we showed our love for one another, cuz people hated the gays.
Hounded by police we were, all across the nation,
told by leaders of the church–“you’re an abomination”.
Cast out by our families, and forced onto the street,
to lives of drugs and violence, to disease that can’t be beat.
Discrimination and bigotry, we had to face it all,
told by haters we would cause this great country’s fall.
As the years went by however, things began to change.
people started knowing us, and we became less strange.
On the big screen and the small, we began to be accepted,
by our friends and family, we were less rejected.
Now here we are in 2016, and everything is great,
free to marry, free to love, we’ve said goodbye to hate.
Right?
Mmmmmm, no. Some folks (::ahem:: Manny Pacquiao ::ahem::) are keeping the hate alive:
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