Brian: "So in other words... For Justin to live here with you, he has to deny who he is... what he thinks... and how he feels. Well, that's not love. That's hate!"
Either one is free or one is not. The concept of freedom is an absolute.
After all, one cannot be moderately dead, moderately loved, or moderately free.
It must always remain a matter of either or.
And don't forget... I'm also just a boy, standing in front of another boy, asking him to love him...