But Lord, They're

But Lord, they're poor.

You can't mean

That I should associate

With the likes of them!

But Lord, they're black.

You don't mean to say

That I should care about

Such as they!

But Lord, they're gay*

You couldn't have

Created these people

As they are!

But Lord, they're different.

You can't mean

That I should love them

Just as they are!

added later:

But Lord, they're asexual.

You couldn't have

Made these people

As they say they are!

       *book by Rev Sylvia Pennington