A night of history

Posted November 4, 2008 * Comments(4)

I wish one of my great heroes, Martin Luther King, Jr., could have seen this night.

4 Comments so far

  1. Susan Wright on November 5th, 2008

    I am almost speechless. Transformational. Grateful. Proud. Filled with emotion. We did it!!! Thank you, God. Thank you, America.

  2. thomas bushnell, bsg on November 7th, 2008

    i assume because you mean he would weep about the results in California, right?

  3. thomas bushnell, bsg on November 7th, 2008

    (which is to say to Susan Wright, no, we have not done it. not yet.)

  4. Scott Gunn on November 7th, 2008

    Thomas, most of us around these parts of the interwebs will agree that the passage of Prop 8 is a failing of the authentic American spirit. We’d like to see equal rights for everyone. It hasn’t happened yet, sadly.

    Does that mean that the election of Obama wasn’t historic? Does that mean that people can’t celebrate an extraordinary moment in American history.

    While it’s not right to ignore a real failing, I hope you’ll agree that it’s also not right to deny others a celebration.

    Pax,
    Scott

    P.S. If we can’t have joy until everyone has won their dignity, it’s going to be a joyless world. I don’t want to live there. So I’m going to have some joy when I see it coming my way.