Quotetsukimoto I wasn't the only one trapped in YWD or YMD -- a lot of the members in our area were gay, and so were not going to marry or have children. The guidance at the time was, of course, to chant more daimoku and do more shakabuku so that they'd become straight! That was before SGI realized that many gay members were very dedicated, willing to contribute lots of time and
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I also accidently double posted. So I'm editing out the double post with this. Perhaps a moderator could delete this post?
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QuotejojaroydI remember last year I went to an FNCC conference four four days at the end of June/Beginning of July. It was a Student Division meeting. For those who weren't SGI members or don't know, FNCC is Florida Nature and Culture Center, a place SGI members go for four-day-long meetings. The Student Division is college-aged members. Anyway, we had a HUGE session on Soka Spiri
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I remember last year I went to an FNCC conference four four days at the end of June/Beginning of July. It was a Student Division meeting. For those who weren't SGI members or don't know, FNCC is Florida Nature and Culture Center, a place SGI members go for four-day-long meetings. The Student Division is college-aged members. Anyway, we had a HUGE session on Soka Spirit. They playe
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I am a new member of this forum. I just discovered it today through a google search looking up information on ex-SGI members. I read a lot of the posts and they were very relevant in helping me. I was unable to read through every post just because of lack of time, so please forgive if my questions are redundant. I am an SGI member. I have been my whole life - my parents are both members. I
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