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There's no sin in loving men. Only pain!
— Ally • Ally McBeal
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker insists that loving men brings pain rather than sin. The emphatic contrast separates moral judgement from emotional suffering: a feeling may hurt without being wrong. The line combines a defence of love with a bitter acknowledgement of the unhappiness that can accompany it.
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