I really enjoyed and grew from watching the NBC’s The West Wing. Many people these days decide whether to respect a president or actually say that someone is not “their president.” Barrack Hussein Obama is my president; John Sidney McCain III might have been my president and George Walker Bush was my president.
This clip from the West Wing framed the debate well; while you might not have voted for a president, once the man or woman is sworn into office, that person is the president and deserves the respect I have given every president who served during my life.
The West Wing president walk into a room in the White House knowing that a far-right media personality would be there and of course the lady decide to slight him by remaining seated—she got “told” big time.
That is democracy in action—a beautiful thing and I would graciously thank the citizens for taking the time to share their point of view with their member of congress.
One Sunday, the pastor at the Methodist Church I attended in southwest D.C. said in her sermon that she saw a bumper sticker which read, “Father, protect us from your followers.” Interesting.
I can’t say I am for gay marriage but I will say there should be a legal way to select who answers questions during medical emergency. I listened to both sides of the debate but hey I was not a congressman—just a conduit for information to and from the elected officials. I tell you one thing: they should make all marriages hard to get into because Britney Spears get married before breakfast and it being over before lunch is plain wrong. Folks don’t respect vows and oath anymore. I respect marriage and parenthood so much that I have never done either—plus my dollars have always been short.
I won’t get deeply into the gay marriage debate but this clip offers interesting background into reconciling our beliefs in the Bible and Christianity with the functional reality that constitutionally this nation has no official religion. Sometimes it saddens me to think about all the ugly names people called me when I was the judiciary staffer in three congressional offices and of course the calls would be heaviest on Monday after the recommendations came from the Sunday pulpits. That is democracy in action—a beautiful thing and I would graciously thank the citizens for taking the time to share their point of view with their member of congress.
One Sunday, the pastor at the Methodist Church I attended in southwest D.C. said in her sermon that she saw a bumper sticker which read, “Father, protect us from your followers.” Interesting.
I can’t say I am for gay marriage but I will say there should be a legal way to select who answers questions during medical emergency. I listened to both sides of the debate but hey I was not a congressman—just a conduit for information to and from the elected officials. I tell you one thing: they should make all marriages hard to get into because Britney Spears get married before breakfast and it being over before lunch is plain wrong. Folks don’t respect vows and oath anymore. I respect marriage and parenthood so much that I have never done either—plus my dollars have always been short.
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