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Being LGBT is not a choice. It's not about a sexual proclivity. It's not a lifestyle, as you put it. It's about our identity. Pride is a time when we come together to celebrate our community and when others do, too. Just as we do for other racial, ethnic, and religious groups that are part of the tossed salad nature of our society.

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