I found this very difficult to watch. While it is very tender, sensitive, open and truthful, this tore at my heart. . .where I live. . . you know what I mean. It is a beautiful love story with tragic ending. . . .an ending unprotected in all but 7 States in the U.S. It tells the unvarnished truth. . . . . . .justin
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The most overwhelming emotion/reaction I have is anger.
Anger at the stupidity of people.
Live and let live.
Second highest reaction to this story is frustration.
During the closing credits, I noticed one word in particular... bullies. So I commented "While there are bullies, there will be inequality. Simple as that."
Thanks for posting the link, JustinO.
I watched, and then a second time, and got thru it half way. I couldn't finish, it hurt too much.
Justin I can see your feelings, they are like most all of us. Just too much to bear. They had such a beautiful short life together. I know my life would have been different as well. At 26 had been to Beverly Hills Ca. Wanted to go back. I had eyes following me thru the department stores, and my mom
knew I was very much gay. And rich
cousin of hers, told me no, that my
place should be Home in Detroit.
Just remembering Back in 1964.
'O those were the Days My Friend'
Thanks for passing this on. The more people that see it, the better. This is the reality of this fight.
A fight I will not back down from. I will continue to demonstrate daily that we are not monsters. That we are loving, caring people.
It's mind boggling that this is even an issue.
Bridegroom's (how ironic a last name can you get for this relationship?)parents may be religious zealots, but they are obviously people of some means. If you watch another of his lover's videos about him called "The General" you will discover that he did his high school years at Culver Military Academy, a private school for boys.
I watched several of the videos and I just could not stop crying.
So sad!
But it happens over and over again in the US.
Even though they could not marry, they could have done things to protect themselves, like wills, durable powers of attorney, and living wills for health care. I URGE anyone who is in a long-term relationship to think about this and do it NOW! Yeah, it's tough to think about this at 26; but it's a lot tougher to go through the unintended consequences.
At my stage of life, JustinO, I have nothing to prove or defend. Why bother? I'm too old to be concerned by those who disagree with me.
Sweeping statements are short and to the point. They save time and energy. If they are good enough for Benny Ratzinger they're good enough for me.
I get the feeling, Justin, that Gary has become my whipping boy. Yes, I have contempt for organized religion because its slavish adherence to ignorant, primitive doctrine. I've been to any number of Christian churches in my life, and the people who put Jesus' ethics into practice in their personal life--the real saints--would be kind people irrespective of their faith and willingness to attend religious services. The great bulk of adherents profess faith out of a sense of social obligation, and they only seem to get active in their community when they are crucifying someone who doesn't agree with their church hierarchy's weltanschauung. Their leaders are only interested in ignoring the shortcomings and preserving the viability of their brand. I don't care if they are bearded loons in Iran, paedophile-protecting priests in Rome or fundamentalist Christians destroying the careers of gays because they think they ought to have the right to marry. They have fostered wars and pogroms throughout history, and they're still doing it today. With the possible exception of Buddhism I can't see that any of them has on balance brought positive improvement in civilization for a long time now. They are too preoccupied with their power trip. Bigotry is at its core discrimination without objective basis. I believe the institutional extremism of these religious institutions outweighs their usefulness. If that makes me a bigot in your eyes, so be it.
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