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Painted turtles sunning themselves on a log in a pond next to the Rideau River, May 8, 2013.

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← Once again, there will be a chorus screaming “special rights” when the subject of gay bashing being punished as a hate crime arises. But near as anybody can tell, the opportunity to be threatened, humiliated and to live in fear of being beaten to death is the only “special right” our culture bestows on homosexuals. — Diane Carman Young painted turtle →

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    • Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. – Marcus Aurelius
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    • In the acronym LGBTQ+, “queer” is one of the multiple meanings for the Q. But that general acceptability does not erase queer’s treacherous and hateful history. — A. Pallas Gutierrez
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