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We live in Utah, the headquarters of the LDS Church .  In a community strongly influenced by the church's stratagem for Prop 8 , we want to encourage people to think for themselves, think about equality for all.  We believe in love, not hate, and we have always been there to take a stand for all people, and being part of the NOH 8 photo shoot was something we felt very

After many people have viewed the photo of Michael and I, as a gay rights activist I think it's time for the minority in our own community to speak up and be heard.

Rick Caroto's Portrait & Group Shot with actress Isabel Santiago In October 2009 we began the 1st National Tour of "In the Heights".  We left behind our families and our friends to tell the story of "Heights", a musical about home, family and finding where you belong. About 6 months into the run of the tour I came across a NOH8 Photo on one of my friends Facebook

My name is Christopher Villanueva and I'm a Marine posing for the NOH 8 Campaign .  One of the greatest right that this country allows us is the right to expression.  If you ask a hundred people what love is, every person would give you a different answer, and every person would say that was ok.  If we're ok with the dynamic expression of love as a whole, why do we

Why did I pose for the NOH 8 Campaign ? For my family. Armed only with this photo, a picture that simply implored the world to reject hate, I came out to my extended family with the following e-mail. Hey guys! I'm sending out this picture to family in hopes that it might help everyone better understand me and what the photo stands for. For those of you who don't know,