I have laid off the political rantings for awhile now, but I felt this warranted mentioning. Senfronia Thompson, an African-American representative from Houston, stormed the pulpit of the Texas legislature to tell her fellow congress-people just how bigoted and sorry they really are in their perversed and obsessive need to gay-bash in the name of justice and all that is "holy".
Her remarks provided a candlelight's glimmer of hope in the face of an approaching F5 twister. It's politicians like her that are far to rare in the brave new world of the Bush Theocracy. Many supposed political "allies" of progressive, fair-minded people (aka, you and me and anyone else who isn't a Bush lackey or sheep) lack this kind of moral conviction and the courageous gusto it takes to stand up to legislative bullies like Rep. Chissum.
Read her remarks here. You will feel your heart swell with hope and pride at her words--hope for the future, pride for what our great state is supposed to represent. Texas may have (definitely) lost its way a long time ago, but if more people like her would stand up and fight for what they know is truly right, maybe we can all be proud in saying we're Texans. However, when you get to the bottom of the article, when you read the last sentence, you will feel like crying because you will see just how far we have yet to go.
Her remarks provided a candlelight's glimmer of hope in the face of an approaching F5 twister. It's politicians like her that are far to rare in the brave new world of the Bush Theocracy. Many supposed political "allies" of progressive, fair-minded people (aka, you and me and anyone else who isn't a Bush lackey or sheep) lack this kind of moral conviction and the courageous gusto it takes to stand up to legislative bullies like Rep. Chissum.
Read her remarks here. You will feel your heart swell with hope and pride at her words--hope for the future, pride for what our great state is supposed to represent. Texas may have (definitely) lost its way a long time ago, but if more people like her would stand up and fight for what they know is truly right, maybe we can all be proud in saying we're Texans. However, when you get to the bottom of the article, when you read the last sentence, you will feel like crying because you will see just how far we have yet to go.
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