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Vashta Nerada

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6. Disfigured people should never be shunned.

Reply to ChazII (Original post)

Sun Nov 10, 2013, 03:11 PM

Nov 2013

If Obama were in the picture instead of Franny, it would still have been just a photo op.

My point for the last three days has been this: why is it alright for Democrats to say a guy is is when he thinks LGBT people are a "destructive work on God's plan"?

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Is it okay to shun the disfigured? (Warning it talks about the Pope) [View all] ChazII Nov 2013 OP

thank you for this thread... magical thyme Nov 2013 #1

Excellent question ChazII Nov 2013 #5

aaack! that is not at all what I meant by my last statement... magical thyme Nov 2013 #7

Wow! Talk about how sometimes we ChazII Nov 2013 #8

Absolutely not. rug Nov 2013 #2

Thanks for your courage in telling us about your life and your family. I don't have NF, but it's freshwest Nov 2013 #3

Of course not, that is cruelty. Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #4

Are you aware that Pope Francis is having questionnaires sent to laypeople pnwmom Nov 2013 #12

Disfigured people should never be shunned. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #6

50% of those with NF are the first ones in their family to have it. kiranon Nov 2013 #9

Kiranon, your daughter is a heroine and a fighter ChazII Nov 2013 #10

Thank you for your reply. kiranon Nov 2013 #17

I am so glad you spoke up pnwmom Nov 2013 #11

pnwmom, thank you for understanding. ChazII Nov 2013 #14

I knew what that man's condition was the second I saw the picture. pnwmom Nov 2013 #16

We share a similar blessing and curse. Ms. Toad Nov 2013 #13

A blessing and a curse ChazII Nov 2013 #15

online is one place where people judge more on what's going on in your head than on your skin yurbud Nov 2013 #18