As the LGBT community has fought for years to come from the closet, now once out, they are fighting to gain the rights of human dignity.
Years later, we face the tragic fact that the LGBT community is still not free. Years later, the LGBT community is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. Years later, the LGBT community lives on a lonely island of unacceptance in the midst of a vast ocean of discrimination. Years later, the LGBT community is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds themself an exile in there own land.
So we should go to our nation's election polls to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today this has been defaulted upon, this promissory note insofar as the citizens of the LGBT community are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, Society has given the LGBT people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation, where we work and contribute to society. We should go cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. It is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of equal rights. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of America’s children (as we are all gods children). Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of LGBT injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
It would be wrong for the nation to overlook the moment.
My friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I also have a dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men/women are created equal." .
I also have a dream today.
I have a dream that our partners and family will be protected with the same equal rights of marriage. I have a dream that our unions be recognized. I have a dream people can see that even we are capable of love, although we are a minority. I have a dream of no more hate crimes. I have a dream that we shall be not be judged, by race, sex, religion on sexual orientation. I have a dream we can all be equal. I have a dream that our cries in the dark will be heard and someone will answer our cry.
So, I also have a dream…..
2006-11-26 14:24:20 · 5 answers · asked by southernboy 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Beautiful. Poetic without being melodramatic, I loved it!
2006-11-26 15:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by Rageling 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can have any dream you wish and I hope it comes true
2006-11-26 16:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You get a thumbs up for that!
2006-11-26 14:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by Tericka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NICE! Well put together. Congrats, and I agree.
2006-11-26 14:48:10 · answer #4 · answered by calcdffirefighter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well said...Bravo...Bravo!!!
2006-11-26 14:28:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋