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The Stonewall Pledge
As members of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered community we seek the acceptance of all people as equals. To have the same; rights, respect, and freedom to live our lives with individual dignity and safety. We ask no permission as these ideals were granted us by natural order and/or our creator.
Therefore, we resolve that we will no longer tolerate or accept any less from within our own community. As we reach out to the world for equality, we reach to each other demanding that same equality of; acceptance, respect, protection and observance of the law. We further resolve that all Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered persons are equal within our community. We pledge to end the separatism and discrimination so deeply instilled in our society.
We resolve and affirm to end support of intra-community prejudice, separatism, and discrimination. We can only expect the world to grant what we in turn afford each other. As members of The StoneWall Society we will not accept, support, or tolerate unequal treatment of any persons based on; age, race, religious belief, physical disabilities, gender or lifestyle. Lifestyle being defined as preferred interest with regard to adults, gender identification, dress, and all matters pertaining to consenting adults. Prejudice and ignorance being unacceptable from within, making our fight for equality pure hypocrisy. We as a people are one of diverse beauty, all of which are to be accepted, respected, and recognized as individuals with unique rights to their differences.
As the colors of the rainbow join together to form a perfect and beautiful prism, we reach out to all of our Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Heterosexual brothers and sisters to form a perfected and beautiful society. We do this with acknowledgement and celebration of our differences. For united we are a people, separated we are truly alone.
We freely take this pledge to improve our own community as well as to better all of humankind. We believe by this action the world around us will better see the value and beauty of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered peoples. For when we are in harmony with each other, that same unity will demand and insure the equality and respect we so fervently seek.
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