Something I didn't know about that date until recently is that it is also the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in Greenwich Village. While I am not someone who advocates violent protests, I can understand frustration at dealing with injustice. Takes years of unjust laws and personal abuses, throw alcohol and heat into the mix, and a riot seems somewhat understandable.
The fight continues today. Tomorrow Lt. Dan Choi will be on trial for "moral and professional dereliction" under the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Lt. Choi is a West Point trained soldier who is also an Arabic linguist. He came out. He had the option to resign and receive an honorable discharge or to fight. He chose to fight and tomorrow that fight continues.
In light of the beginnings of the gay rights movement and the journey that still exists, I'm going to feature "One" by U2 for my song today. If you'd like to support Lt. Choi, I'd encourage you to check out this site.
Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...
Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...life
One
