So today is the day of green 
Green clothing, green with envy, Green food and Green Beer. So what is all mean…not just today but every day ??? I bring thus because my friend Dean posed the question today relating to gay friendly business vers straight friendly. I take it one step further. I reflect on my advocacy of DOMA and Marriage Equality. I for one would like to see the day that I and my brothers and sisters of the GLBT community no longer have stand up for equal rights. I would cherish the day that we all could stand as one with out the labels. So I am gay…that is a small part of the whole picture. It was not a choice other than the choice to live my life open and honestly and that started with being honest with myself. I long for the day there is one race and that is the human race. I can only imagine right now what it would be like if I no longer had to stand on my soap box like so many and demand that I have the same rights, freedoms and protections. I reflect on Harvey Milk and what he did, the Stonewall Riots, What MLK did…People standing up and saying they were no longer tolerate the hate, the second class status…I look forward to the day that Gay’s and Lesbians no longer need to have Pride parades, that many of the things we have now that are separate are no more. So today as you celebrate all that is green, take a minute and think about all you have in your life, no not the things you own but the rights and freedoms that you have and appreciate what you do have and look to the future. We cannot change the world if we cannot change our own selves…Change starts at home and from there you can change the world. I know not everyone is going to stand up be counted in the fight for equal rights but what about in yourself ?? In the end its all about human rights is it not ??
John Lennon So Beautifully Said it in His Song Imagine:
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
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