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NYC_SKP

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2. "live in fear because of the lifestyle they chose"
Sun Sep 2, 2012, 12:02 PM
Sep 2012

If only you hadn't written that part...

First, they don't live in fear for anything the do or anything they are.

They live in fear because of the hatred and bigotry of others.

Second, it's not a lifestyle and they didn't choose it.

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