This is beautifully written. Thank you for making it public, so those of us who are fans of your fic could read it too.

I think this is my favorite line: I’m uncomfortable with people who wear socks with sandals, but I’m not about to go make picket signs and lobby for them to change their ways.

Because I think it illustrates exactly why it's so ridiculous when people say "I don't approve of gay people" or something equally ignorant.