Since I'm having some difficulty coming up with poems today I decided to comment briefly on the repeal that was blocked today on overturning the "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy in the military.
I believe that the gay/lesbian issue in this country is just as serious as the equal rights issue for African Americans and the civil rights issue for women that this country has seen in the past. Our country, compared to some other is stuck in the past in some of its ways of thinking. We cannot make the minority of our country's citizens into the majority, and we must see each other as equals. It's sad to me that this has to be said over and over again. But when we step back and look at the situation the gay community is no different from the rest of us. They have chosen who they want to be and they are comfortable with it. They are capable of all the same great things as we who happen to be in the majority.
We have issues that span globally...wars, tension with islamic countries...but as far as the problems we have within our own society, I believe that equal rights for the gay community is the most prevalent, because there is an intolerance that still is going on in our country towards a group of individuals who should be given everything that each and every American should have...equal freedoms.
I believe it to be shameful that we stand for equality, liberty, freedom, justice...and we seem to fail quite often in displaying these things.
I've been an advocate of the changes we made as a country with the executive branch of our government...but this is one of the most important areas I was hoping to see some change in, and I haven't yet.
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