It is gratifying to hear so many politicians celebrate the efforts of Martin Luther King Jr. to expand freedom to all people. For many years the most obvious disenfranchised community was African American. But there were also Women, Children, Immigrants and the Handicapped who stood (and stand) in line to be free from discrimination.
And in much the same way that a large fraction of our neighbors did not see African-Americans as fully human, today a similarly large fraction do not see those with alternative sexual orientations as fully human with the same hopes, fears, needs and capabilities as themselves. It is just as unreasonable and unchristian today as it was 200 years ago to perpetuate the persecution of someone for reasons beyond their personal choice.
I can only hope that Politicians representing communities with these obsolete beliefs have an epiphany to the meaning behind the greatness of Lincoln, King and others with the courage to lead their constituents out of the darkness.
“It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced”
Born 1950, Married, Living in Austin Texas, Semi
Retired Small Business owner and investor. My political interest
evolved out of his business experience that the best decisions come out of an objective gathering of information and a pragmatic consideration of costs and benefits. I am interested in promoting Centrist candidates and Policies. My posts are mostly about people and policies that I believe are part of the solution rather the problem.