For AlinePotter-stock's Angels and Heaven contest.

I'm writing a speech about same-sex marriage at school, and I wanted to use this photo manip. as a metaphor for the constraint religion has on gay couples-shown here as an Angel being banished from heaven for being in love with another Angel; who's behind the gate screaming at her not to take the fall down to earth.

Symbolism:

-The angels have black clothes and black wings to symbolize 'mourning' the 'loss' of the angel that has been banished.

-The banished angel is sitting on the edge of the cloud to show she has the choice to jump down to earth or stay on the cloud outside the gate-symbolizing that many homosexuals can either stay and desperately try to be accepted back into society or break and run.

Stock images:

Angel in the front:
Angel behind the gate:
Angel at the very back:
Sky:
Mountains below the cloud:

Brushes:

Clouds:
Wings:
Stairs:
Gate: