the daily comment for thursday, october 22, 2009

[thedailycomment at hobbit-hillton.org]

"I am here today because of a conversation I had last June when I was  
voting. A woman at my polling place asked me, "Do you believe in  
equal, 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 our boys fought for at Omaha Beach?" I haven't  
seen much, so much blood and guts, so much suffering, much sacrifice.  
For what? For freedom and equality. These are the values that give  
America a great nation, one worth dying for."

~~~ Philip Spooner, a lifetime Republican, World War II veteran and,   
a gay marriage supporter in Maine ~~~

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