WWII Vet On Gay Marriage

[joreth]

I've never felt more proud for our nation's servicemen as I did watching this single soldier fighting for the freedom of his fellow citizens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrEbJBFWIPk&feature=player_embedded

"The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her: what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?  

I have seen so much blood and guts, so much suffering, so much sacrifice, for what?  For freedom and equality.  These are the values that make America a great nation, one worth dying for.

...

I have seen with my own eyes the consequences of caste systems and it makes some people less than others or second class.  

Never again.  

We must have equal rights for everyone.  It's what this country was started for.  It takes all kinds of people to make a world war.  It doesn't make sense that some people who love each other can marry and others can't just because of who they are.  This is what we fought for in World War II, that idea that we can be different and still be equal."

Comments

[neosore.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting. It will be reposted.

[the-failed-poet.livejournal.com]

That is made of win. Thanks for the repost, joreth.