Monday, January 10, 2005
There's a light
In the commonwealth of Massachusetts the battle to protect the constitutional right to marriage for all of our citizens still continues. The following is an excerpt from a letter I recently sent to the state senators and state house representatives from my district.
"We, the citizens of this commonwealth, would be shunning our responsibility as a lonely beacon of commitment to equal justice and progressive social values were we to allow the addition of discrimination to our state's constitution. Out there in the darkness of oppression under the crushing weight of legislated hatred and criminalization wrought by the radical religious fundamentalists of this nation are many for whom that beacon is the only hope. Do not snuff that light. Do not abandon so many of your fellow Americans to be rent and wrecked on the rocks pursued by a storm of terror and persecution."
None of us can afford to be silent any longer. The darkness is upon us and its teeth and talons lengthen as its pace quickens. Open your eyes, lift your chin, take up your pen, lift your voice, strike a blow for the light. The battle is joined but not yet lost. We can and must prevail.
"We, the citizens of this commonwealth, would be shunning our responsibility as a lonely beacon of commitment to equal justice and progressive social values were we to allow the addition of discrimination to our state's constitution. Out there in the darkness of oppression under the crushing weight of legislated hatred and criminalization wrought by the radical religious fundamentalists of this nation are many for whom that beacon is the only hope. Do not snuff that light. Do not abandon so many of your fellow Americans to be rent and wrecked on the rocks pursued by a storm of terror and persecution."
None of us can afford to be silent any longer. The darkness is upon us and its teeth and talons lengthen as its pace quickens. Open your eyes, lift your chin, take up your pen, lift your voice, strike a blow for the light. The battle is joined but not yet lost. We can and must prevail.
