This nation's political atmosphere is heating up as Congress tries to pass health care reform and challenge the big insurance and financial institutions. I still cannot believe that top Bank of America and Goldman Sachs executives still get paid millions per year, while 15 million Americans are still struggling to find work to support themselves and their families. God, this country is something else.
Anyway, I want to leave you this Friday with something special and inspirational in these times of need and desperation. I found this video from the Huffington Post. The video surfaced around April on YouTube, but I haven't heard about it until yesterday morning. I shed a tear watching it. It totally changed my line of thinking.
I said earlier in October that when I talk about politics on my blog, I try to be as open-minded as possible. So, leave your political and religious views aside as you watch this video. WWII veteran Phillip Spooner spoke at a gay rights testimonial for Maine's Marriage Equality Bill. Mr. Spooner fought for this country at a time when racism and Antisemitism not only ran rampant in the United States, but across the world. He, like millions of U.S military veterans and soldiers are the true patriots. Mr. Spooner is a proud Republican but supports gay marriage. Yes, a Republican who supports the ideology that gay people can get marry with the same benefits as married heterosexual couples. Isn't it a breath of fresh air? It surely is and I have never been better.I am not going to ruin the whole video for my readers, but I will say is that Mr. Snooper, despite how many players (I won't say names) within the Republican party have defined themselves, believes that all people are created equal.
Mr. Snooper, I salute you on your outstanding courage and understanding that when fighting for your nation on a global scale, we should care about the character of each solider in combat, not his or her sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or creed. You are a treasure and a shining light for those who are hopeful and optimistic of a better America. In a previous post, I said that one of my pet peeves is hypocrisy and for discriminated soldiers to risk their lives for a nation where people judged them by their gender identities or cultural backgrounds is highly pathetic in my opinion. So my message to this country is cut the bullcrap and start loving one another. Listen to his story below.
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we should care about the character of each solider in combat, not his or her sexual orientation, gender, race, religion, or creed.
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Amen, sister! They can fight and die for their country but they can't even get a little bit of acceptance regarding their sexuality? What crap-for lack of a better word.
also i get multiple pictures by clicking on the "add image" button while making a new post. (the button between font and video) and to align them i just combine the last > with the first < of the new photo. good luck! and if you have any questions dont hesitate to ask.
What a powerful video! Thank you for including it in your most insightful blog. Because the video is so true, the blood spilled on Omaha Beach turned the water red; it's high time that dedication to equality trickled across the Atlantic and touched our shores and reached our hearts and effected the change necessary where Equality meant exactly that.
No problem guys. :D I felt I needed to spread the word. The guy is a true American. Dick Cheney, George Bush, Limbaurgh, Glenn Beck all un-Americans. Pitiful people who need help.
What a great video. A man or woman who serves their country should be judged on their character. If they serve with honor and the other values we admire, then that's what matters. It doesn't matter at all the person they love. Love is love. There are more important for us to be worried about that the gender of the person a soldier might love. It's time to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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