"…As I stand here tonight, what gives me the greatest hope of all is not the stone and marble that surrounds us today, but what fills the spaces in between. It is you - Americans of every race and region and station who came here because you believe in what this country can be and because you want to help us get there. It is the same thing that gave me hope from the day we began this campaign for the presidency nearly two years ago; a belief that if we could just recognize ourselves in one another and bring everyone together - Democrats, Republicans, and Independents; Latino, Asian, and Native American; black and white, gay and straight, disabled and not - then not only would we restore hope and opportunity in places that yearned for both, but maybe, just maybe, we might perfect our union in the process."
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Believe it! "Yes we can!"
ReplyDeleteBut first we need to come together and work for this kind of change...it may not happen today or tomorrow... but like any civil rights movement it requires the input of those in the community who have a vision and are willing to work and sacrifice to achieve it.It begs the question "can we and do we want to unite in the struggle for our rights?"
The problem in Jamaica is that the leaders are cowards. Maybe, just maybe, the likes of Mr Obama will give them something to emulate in the years to come.
ReplyDeleteCheck out this blog and The Writers' Forum. Join in the discussion on "Young people, Kids, and the Gay Word" in England, and leave a comment, if you have something to say: http://paulboakye.net/blog/forum/off-topic-1/young-people-kids-the-gay-word/
You can also watch the film, "For the Bible tells me So," which deals with homophobia in the church. http://paulboakye.net/blog/2009/01/society/religion-society/for-the-bible-tells-me-so/