CLICK IMAGE & ORDER A SIGNED PRINT OF THIS CARTOON: $12.40!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>This is just this baby\u2019s first coming out. There will be a lot more to come.<\/p>\n
If we have enough courage, we will all come out many, many times.<\/p>\n
If we have enough conviction to be true, we will come out often.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m sure many of you have already come out in one way or another more than once.<\/p>\n
Maybe you came out as an atheist. Or as a believer. Or as a socialist. Or as a Republican. Or as transgender. Or as an artist. Or as a monk.<\/p>\n
Come out! Make it your way of life.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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