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"Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn&amp;#x27;t marry. And you couldn&amp;#x27;t have that special day the way your friends do&amp;amp;#8212;you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person&amp;#x27;s shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach. When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, &amp;quot;All LOVE is equal,&amp;quot; a lot of people mocked me&amp;amp;#8212;they said, &amp;quot;What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!&amp;quot; And I said, &amp;quot;Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.&amp;quot; The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, &amp;quot;Dude, everyone lay off.&amp;quot; Can&amp;#x27;t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats? I believe every American should be allowed the same rights and civil liberties. Without legalized same-sex marriage, most of the time you cannot share the same health benefits, you are not considered next of kin and you are not granted the same securities as a heterosexual couple. How is this different than having someone sit in the back of the bus because of their skin color? One day I read online about the head of Urban Outfitters donating to a presidential candidate who does not support equality for everyone. I was shocked and disappointed that a company with such diversity would exclude such a large group of people. I can no longer bring myself to shop there. We all should be tolerant of one another and embrace our differences. My dad [country singer Billy Ray Cyrus], who is a real man&amp;#x27;s man, lives on the farm and is as Southern and straight as they come. He loves my gay friends and even supports same-sex marriage. If my father can do it, anyone can. This is America, the nation of dreams. We&amp;#x27;re so proud of that. And yet certain people are excluded. It&amp;#x27;s just not right."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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