To love "because of" is fine but you must also love "in spite of".
Parent-child love is nonetheless a trickier kind of love because of its tensions and contradictions.
Starting this year, no American will be forbidden from serving the country they love because of who they love.
They suffer badly, but they also make new connections, and sometimes find new love, because of the sudden redirection their lives must take.
The main living room I love because some of my most beloved objects are displayed there, and my bedroom I love because of the views.
Baker's main interest then was playing the bassoon, an instrument that originally appealed to him because he thought it looked like a steam engine and that he grew to love because of the beautiful middle-range melodies it could produce.
In his state-of-the-union speech last January he promised to repeal the law that denies gay Americans "the right to serve the country they love because of who they are".
To start with, we know what AIDS even is, how it is transmitted, how to test for it, how not to lose or leave behind someone you love because of it, at least not for a while.
She tells me that I'm quite "dear" to her, but she can't reciprocate all this "love," because of Kevin (not his real name), the not-quite-ex ex-boyfriend.
2010 State of the Union: This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are.
