SusanofO
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I can't believe anyone actually believes it would make a difference what the U.S. President's sexual orientation, or gender is. I don't care what it is. I am not trying to be insulting (I really am not), but - you kinda sound like a crabby, rigid, really old man. I am never quite sure what someone means when they say: "The U.S. "isn't ready" for....____________." IMO, the U.S. wasn't altogether "ready", for example, for the: 1) Emancipation proclamation 2) Civil Rights movement of the 1960's 3) Female suffrage *(women getting the right to vote) - and also, 4) Gays being allowed to marry in some states. 5) Child labor laws 6) Ad infinitum. These things have happened anyway. How IS a cause (especially in a civil rights sense, in particular) usually ever advanced except via "just doing it"? There will always always be some who "aren't ready for _________" (pick something). To me, this usually means people who say this, just aren't sure how it would work out, or they personally, don't want to see it happen. To these overly hesitant voters, I say: Well, welcome to the nature of what is known as: A) Making an educated guess, and B) Taking a risk, on trying something new, that may just work out better than you ever dreamed, and surprise some folks. For heaven's sake, open your mind - it's a big world out there, and WASP hetero males aren't the only ones in it. Plus, it is 2007, not 1907. Times change. You either keep up, and change with them, or become (or remain) perenially crabby and unhappy about the changes. They are happening, whether you like it, or not. If you don't, then don't let them ruin your day, or your decade. - Susan
< Message edited by SusanofO -- 4/11/2007 6:42:24 AM >
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"Hope is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all". - Emily Dickinson
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