i want to believe will.I.am. i really do ...
but frankly, i'm having a difficult time when we live in a place where, on the exact same day that we shattered the ultimate color barrier, the people of three states decided that i'm a second class citizen and should not be given the same rights as the rest of the citizenry because of who i love and where the people of another state decided that i would not be an acceptable parent because of who i love.
so as the euphoria begins to fade and reality rears it's ugly head, i am reminded that, while one glass ceiling has been broken, many others remain ...
**and why is it that the one over my head seems to be made out of 7 in. bullet proof plexiglass reinforced with chicken wire and covered with a piece of steel that has been welded shut?
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- the flipflop fed
- just a fed who's fresh enough to believe in real change, yet jaded enough to play the game ... so long as they don't make me change my shoes
greetings from the district of columbia
my first foray into blogging starts now. i like to think that i have a plan, but the definition "non sequitur" includes my picture. my best advice then is to sit tight and read the musings from my mind that are probably unrelated to anything previously said.
check out "this, that, and the other" - a random list of things that make me happy.
check out "this, that, and the other" - a random list of things that make me happy.
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1 comment:
I felt the same way and I am in CA... We are still fighting everyday to fix the mistake that was made by prop 8, but the battle is huge. Why can't I be enjoying my new president instead of fighting for my civil rights?
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