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How wrong that some people still wish to divide us – so I stood.
A group of haters would change the Constitution to discriminate against the few. Discrimination has never been written into our Constitution before – so I stood.
Millions were spent to spread lies and distortions, to illicit that fearful, knee-jerk reaction that we are prone to – and it works – so I stood.
Sometimes we forget, but we Americans know another knee-jerk reaction:
In the face of injustice – we stand
against discrimination – we stand
tyranny of the majority – we stand
or of the powerful few – we stand
against lies and distortions – we stand
against terrorist and threats to our liberties – we stand.
And as good people of all faiths do – in the face of hate – we stand for love. For he who would diminish the least of us – diminishes us all.
So stand up, Americans, and stand up you good people of faith and those without faith stand, too. We are Americans. Never let hate divide us again. Stand Up!
Tim Williams is a proud American who lives in Clearlake.
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However you phrase it or rationalize it, the ban was not a victory for traditional family values, it was another victory for intolerance and bigotry, no matter how smug and pious you may feel in your insulated comport zone against progressive change.
The anger soon turns to hope especially after reading Elizabeth Wilson’s wonderful letter to the Record-Bee on Nov. 5, and a card from a lovely woman with the inscription that “Ignorance can be overcome.” Then I had a flashback to the 1960s when I and millions of others marched for other peoples' civil rights although ours was denied, those terrible days of fire hoses turned loose on women and children, fierce police dogs biting those who only desired their basic rights. And I feel and believe in my heart that our day has yet to arrive.
The bitterest irony is that those who financed this marriage ban were a church that once practiced polygamy (and is believed still does without official sanction) and a church that shields pedophiles from the law. How’s that for family values?
And although they speak of doing God’s will, I seriously doubt that anyone knows God’s will. If they did, would there be so many denominations? Being a church member myself, I only know that the greatest commandment is to love each other.
America is not a theocracy at any rate, and the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence trumps religious beliefs, and it declares irrevocably that all men are created equal, and are imbued with natural rights of “liberty and justice for all.” Anyone who interferes with those rights, thereby are enemies of this democracy.
So the LGBT community will go forth in that knowledge, haunt the corridors of legislature’s chambers, protest, march until that other 50 percent recognize the validity and purpose of American’s promise.
We shall overcome.
Harold Riley is chair of the Lake County Stonewall Democratic Club.
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