<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://allpoetry.com/poem/10861601-I-believe-in-acceptance-by-Sansei" style="font-family: "Arial Rounded MT Bold", sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 130, 53); text-decoration: none;">I Believe in Acceptance</span></a><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Author unknown</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">How can we confine love by race or sex?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">We use the bible as a fixed excuse.<br>Killing others based on love, what is next?<br>We watch as others “different” are abused.<br><br>There is no difference to who we love.<br>Our sexuality is not a choice.<br>We define love as a gift from above.<br><br>In life we all have to find our own voice.<br>Well this is my voice, “Love is all the same”.<br>Love is happiness, it is acceptance.<br><br>We love who we love, you are not to blame.<br>Fire, ice, love and hate, there must be balance.<br>Love is all the same to the brain and heart.<br>Acceptance is the key, you are the start.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#141823" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">———————</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#141823" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35);"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#141823" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(20, 24, 35);">Question to ponder: Of the 57,939 names on the Vietnam Memorial Wall, how many of them belong to gay soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines?</span></font></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>