Keith Olbermann 11/10/08 Proposition 8 Special Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChanTFSmqao
Our youth, most of them, to-day practice inclusion of race, gender, religious expression as well inclusion in contrast as with the noted 'Proposition 8' . My children, five, spanning three decades, all of them are politically, generally conservative. (This is the way that children rebel against liberal parents, dad, i guess.) They also have friends that are liberal, in contrast to themselves, gay as well as straight, friends that represent the rainbow of our racially synergistic world, as well as friends from Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Agnostic heritage and the list goes on (Their Dad has walked this multi-hued path, something they know but do not necessarily want reminded.). They are much like the majority of young people that I meet daily in the business world. They are practicing an evolved acceptance of others that many adults only talk about, either with fear or applause, but most importantly - they are practicing it.
It 'only' took five decades in this country that I call my home, America, for those citizens of African heritage to be included by practice in every facet of the American life, freely (not counting the 150years previous to this of other enslavements). It took near as long for the gender not of our Founding Fathers to be given the rights spoken of in the Constitution as Free-persons alongside of the men that established the nation by revolution. A 'Free-man,' from Thomas Jefferson (His reference did not include most people even in his day.) is only free when they need not define for others what and who they are.
What I claim for myself as a right or freedom, I am only truly free to keep if I allow for the same for those I disagree the most.
NOTE: THERE ARE THOSE ON ALL SIDES THAT WOULD CENSOR AND OR TAKE AWAY the rights of others THAT CONFLICT WITH THEIRS. A free person need not put chains on others. For those that only stand up for those that they agree, please pray that you do not find yourself without any others make your case when the state wants to silence you.
It is the practice that is ahead of the laws. When our practice, both ours and our young people, is free from prejudice against or for all races, religious expressions, genders and whatever else a person may choose, then our laws will express that.
So, as it has been said:
Practice! Practice! Practice!
applause!
timothy
and from another time......
'gay, not happy or fun' timothy r gates, 3/04/2008
gay, fun, happy
uncle Bob, died;
didn't need to,
but did,
thought he'd spare those,
family, friends, loved ones;
he fell asleep,
in his car,
in his garage,
alone,
because he was gay.
Uncle Bob never stole a child's innocence;
his straight brother did,
neither were happy,
neither had much fun,
one is dead,
yes,
because he thought he'd spare us
from being gay.
'it's all about sex!'
they say about 'the gays.
'
dammit, it's about sex until it isn't for most people.
love is lust
(we see someone that we like,
euphemism for, we find them physically, mentally, emotional attractive),
then lust is love,
and if we dare persevere,
here we find what is called,
the elusive,
'true love.
'
straight or gay,
sooner or later, often sooner,
life is not happy,
life is not fun,
life is not gay;
when you're alone in the corner,
without your best friend,
your friend,
your lover,
your brother, sister, daughter, son,
your grandmother, grandfather,
your father, your mother,
your wife, your husband,
you're alone.
Some days
we're all gay,
not happy,
not having fun,
alone.
i'm not gay, today;
but i'm not alone either,
today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChanTFSmqao
Our youth, most of them, to-day practice inclusion of race, gender, religious expression as well inclusion in contrast as with the noted 'Proposition 8' . My children, five, spanning three decades, all of them are politically, generally conservative. (This is the way that children rebel against liberal parents, dad, i guess.) They also have friends that are liberal, in contrast to themselves, gay as well as straight, friends that represent the rainbow of our racially synergistic world, as well as friends from Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Agnostic heritage and the list goes on (Their Dad has walked this multi-hued path, something they know but do not necessarily want reminded.). They are much like the majority of young people that I meet daily in the business world. They are practicing an evolved acceptance of others that many adults only talk about, either with fear or applause, but most importantly - they are practicing it.
It 'only' took five decades in this country that I call my home, America, for those citizens of African heritage to be included by practice in every facet of the American life, freely (not counting the 150years previous to this of other enslavements). It took near as long for the gender not of our Founding Fathers to be given the rights spoken of in the Constitution as Free-persons alongside of the men that established the nation by revolution. A 'Free-man,' from Thomas Jefferson (His reference did not include most people even in his day.) is only free when they need not define for others what and who they are.
What I claim for myself as a right or freedom, I am only truly free to keep if I allow for the same for those I disagree the most.
NOTE: THERE ARE THOSE ON ALL SIDES THAT WOULD CENSOR AND OR TAKE AWAY the rights of others THAT CONFLICT WITH THEIRS. A free person need not put chains on others. For those that only stand up for those that they agree, please pray that you do not find yourself without any others make your case when the state wants to silence you.
It is the practice that is ahead of the laws. When our practice, both ours and our young people, is free from prejudice against or for all races, religious expressions, genders and whatever else a person may choose, then our laws will express that.
So, as it has been said:
Practice! Practice! Practice!
applause!
timothy
and from another time......
'gay, not happy or fun' timothy r gates, 3/04/2008
gay, fun, happy
uncle Bob, died;
didn't need to,
but did,
thought he'd spare those,
family, friends, loved ones;
he fell asleep,
in his car,
in his garage,
alone,
because he was gay.
Uncle Bob never stole a child's innocence;
his straight brother did,
neither were happy,
neither had much fun,
one is dead,
yes,
because he thought he'd spare us
from being gay.
'it's all about sex!'
they say about 'the gays.
'
dammit, it's about sex until it isn't for most people.
love is lust
(we see someone that we like,
euphemism for, we find them physically, mentally, emotional attractive),
then lust is love,
and if we dare persevere,
here we find what is called,
the elusive,
'true love.
'
straight or gay,
sooner or later, often sooner,
life is not happy,
life is not fun,
life is not gay;
when you're alone in the corner,
without your best friend,
your friend,
your lover,
your brother, sister, daughter, son,
your grandmother, grandfather,
your father, your mother,
your wife, your husband,
you're alone.
Some days
we're all gay,
not happy,
not having fun,
alone.
i'm not gay, today;
but i'm not alone either,
today.
hugs...