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#2181voted by our readers
By intoxiicatedsoul SILVER
Paragould, Arkansas

It's 2015 right? Why are gays still being treated as second class people? Why are we still getting slammed by people with religion and posters saying we are going to burn in hell...
intoxiicatedsoul SILVER, Paragould, Arkansas
9 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person." - Paper Towns, John Green


#2182 Opinion
By CrystalfromAMS SILVER
Noblesville, Indiana
CrystalfromAMS SILVER, Noblesville, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 4 comments
#2183 Opinion
By kpinch SILVER
Valhalla, New York
kpinch SILVER, Valhalla, New York
8 articles 2 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"In the end we're all just stories, so make it a good one"

yaboykade PLATINUM, New Carlisle, Indiana
43 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." --John Lennon

essaomar BRONZE, Clifton Park, New York
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#2186 Opinion
By kylemazurek GOLD
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
kylemazurek GOLD, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
12 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#2187 Opinion
By KatariOsborne BRONZE
White Castle, Louisiana
KatariOsborne BRONZE, White Castle, Louisiana
3 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#2188 Opinion
By CloudConnection BRONZE
Billerica, Massachusetts
CloudConnection BRONZE, Billerica, Massachusetts
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You know they say there's always someone worse off? I'm that person!" - Crow

#2189 Opinion
Beliza_Heart SILVER, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
7 articles 5 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I cannot tell my story without going a long way back." Herman Hesse in the prolouge to Demian
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” GK Chesterton

#2190 Opinion
BMTs2 BRONZE, APO, AE, Other
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.