What came of my posting the equality picture

So, some of you know that folks have been posting a red-and-pink version of the Human Rights Campaign logo as their Facebook userpic to show their support of LGBT rights in light of the Supreme Court deliberations going on in the US right now. I posted the pic, and it ended up blowing up into huge arguments from several people on several fronts, with each other and with me.

Today I wrote an essay to post to Facebook, which I turned around and posted to my blog. The wonderful news is that one of my friends I was arguing with most, we've had a very deep heart-to-heart and she has come around, so that was better than I had expected.

Anyway, here's the essay:
https://whittierstrong.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/friends/

That was truly beautiful, articulate, and full of truth on a multitude of levels. Thank you so much for sharing!

What's cool is that one of the folks that got tangled up in all of this contacted me with an abject apology and reconciliation, which was more than I was expecting, though honestly, knowing this person, I should have raised my expectations.

Thanks for sharing of yourself with us all; I enjoyed the read and learning a bit about you. It's always interesting to learn of other people's stories, the obstacles to happiness that they faced and how they overcame those obstacles to eventually be at peace with who they are, as LGBT people.

Cheers :)
Dave.

Thanks for the read. It has given me a few things to think about.
xo
Shawn

Very well written Whittier!

I just posted a follow-up to clarify some things: http://whittierstrong.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/nuance/