In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. –Declaration of Independence
”If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer. - Barack Obama President-Elect
A tremendous advance for all people came to pass last night! We have a President who happens to be black. But more than that last night we witnessed the advancement of possibility. I will leave it to you to define what is now possible. For me the tears flow alternating between joy and despair. For me as a black lesbian I wake up with the words of President- elect Obama tearing me apart. For as much as I would like to jump in and say "Yes we can" I find myself as a resident of California hearing once more NO you can't. As the possibility of transcending if only emotionally and/or mentally the enslavement of one second-class citizenry the power of democracy has spoken here and once again the dream of my founding fathers has slipped through my fingers. Last night for one brief moment I indulged in the notion that "all men are created equal" I looked at the television screen and I said thank you. I suppose some would say to ask for equality based on one's sexuality is too much too soon. Yet just as I know I did not choose this skin color I did not choose who I love. This morning the State of California and its powerful democracy has made it clear that discrimination is alive and well.
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