You deserve love

Whether your skin is milk white or chocolate brown

Whether your hair is curly or straight

Whether your jeans are extra large or extra small

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You deserve respect

Whether you are gay or straight

Whether you are transgender or cisgender

Whether you are a woman or a man

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You deserve kindness

Whether you are an atheist or a theist

A Christian or a Muslim

A Buddhist or a Pagan

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You deserve a good life

One where you can be yourself

One where you can love and be loved

And find joy in the small things

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Yes, it’s true

We have differences, conflicts, and disagreements

But we can’t let those differences

Distract us from our higher purpose

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We are here to love others

Not in spite of who they are

But for everything they are

That is the worthy challenge that love presents us…