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vet,equality,rights Philip: 86 year old Rep and WW II vet speaks about equality.

Philip: 86 year old Rep and WW II vet speaks about equality.

posted by Grimm 1 month 1 week ago • 2921 views
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"The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty suprised 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?"

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*history *military *humanitarian *love *gay e*quality


written by EndAll  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by EndAll.

Adding video to channels (Gay, History, Humanitarian, Love, Military) - requested by EndAll.


written by siftbot  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Testimony given for and against Maine's marriage equality bill on April 22, 2009. Nearly 4,000 people attended the hearing, with marriage equality supporters out-numbering the opposition 4 to 1. -YouTube


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Brought a *happy tear to my eye. Saving this one for a doublepromote once it clears.


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Adding video to channels (Happy) - requested by nibiyabi.


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excellent


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*doublepromote, as promised.


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Double-Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 11:38pm PDT - doublepromote requested by nibiyabi.


written by siftbot  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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I love the sentiment, but feel this is a little revisionist. The GIs in WWII fought for alot of things but, unfortunately, equality for gays and lesbians and for minorities were not among them.


written by longde  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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I agree with everything he says.. except for.. "equal rights is what this country was started for..".

The USA was not started for 'equal rights'. Otherwise there would not have been massacres of native Americans, slavery, women's suffrage, and now the gay rights struggle. The colonials fought England as a result of perceived unfair taxation of the colonies (which were effective extensions of the British empire). Then came independence, statehood, and growth of the nation. Even through those years, abolition of slavery, women's and black's voting rights, etc. All were fought and bled for against vehement opposition by the rich white establishment and more often than not, the conservative base. The civil war was more of a North/South economic war with slavery as a component. Both sides had slavery. The White House was constructed by the hands of slaves. We all too often neglect to learn our nation's history. Government officials continue to propagate the 'myth' that the USA is a nation founded on the basis of freedom. This is a falsehood. Our freedoms however WERE MOST ASSUREDLY fought for tooth and nail. If such battles were not fought against the -majority establishment-. Who knows. We may still be a slave owning while male dominated society today. Of course, we'd also likely still be a second or third world nation. If we weren't overtaken by another global power of course.

So I reiterate. The USA strives for freedom and equality, or at least we like to say we do. What we say is often not the same as what we practice. Two completely different things.


written by honkeytonk73  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Sometimes I wonder if people put too much onus on military service being a wonderful and honourable thing these days. It's hard to feel anything but huge respect for this man though.


written by lampishthing  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Regardless of what the U.S. was originally started for, I think we can all agree with the core of that man's message. Bravo sir, bravo.


written by shponglefan  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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This almost makes me sad. The idea that we're still having this debate today is shameful and outrageous. How anyone could actively fight against the rights of anyone, whether they happen to agree with their individual choices or not, is so disgusting, evil, and barbaric that it continually astounds me.

No country that has failed to provide these rights can be called a great country. It's sad that this man fought for the freedom of his country and the world, but so many of his fellow countrymen and women fight and rage against that freedom, and are so very proud of it.


written by Xax  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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>> ^honkeytonk73:
I agree with everything he says.. except for.. "equal rights is what this country was started for..".

The USA was not started for 'equal rights'


Equal rights among citizens.


written by PHJF  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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This is kind of off on a tangent that is separate from the question of whether gay marriage should be legal (and the answer to that is obviously yes unless you're an authoritarian theocrat):

The USA was founded on equal rights for "the people", except originally only educated white people were considered part of "the people" or citizens. The in-group always had arbitrary boundaries and always trended towards expansion. The meaning of "All people have equal rights" is a function of your definition of a person. The idea that all humans have rights and other great apes don't, is on the same continuum as racism. So your 10,000th cousin has rights, but your 1,000,000th cousin doesn't? There's a fairly smooth continuum, with the smartest apes being more aware than than some mentally retarded humans, and a vast variety of species and individuals all the way down to the simplest organisms. There's no good place to draw a thin line and say full rights on this side, vastly less rights on the other side.


written by jwray  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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>> ^longde:
I love the sentiment, but feel this is a little revisionist. The GIs in WWII fought for alot of things but, unfortunately, equality for gays and lesbians and for minorities were not among them.


THIS GI certainly DID fight for equality.

Surely it is sensible to qualify your "statement" with that?


written by Raaagh  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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That was beautiful. God bless.


written by Gabe_b  | 1 month 1 week ago | CH
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Sad to think that in a few decades there won't be any veterans alive to speak about their experiences and life lessons during WWII.


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