Marcie, she is not requiring her friends to support her. How could anyone "require" something like that? She is correct to assume that if they are indeed her friends, they should offer her support. Anyone, could understand a hesitance to do so, though, since there is a perceived stigma attached to people who support CDing, gay lifestyle, and others. Still that hurts.
While it's true that violence can happen at any time, for any reason, and that one should always take precautions, it is less than realistic to suppose violence would happen in this particular case. unless you know more than what's been written of here. I am not sure where you are getting this feeling from.
Anyway, Kimberly, you are apparently doing what you feel you must, and I wish you the best.
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