New Hampshire Allows Gay Marriage
June 3rd, 2009New Hampshire will be the 6th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage. The other states are Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Vermont and Iowa.
I think the tide is starting to turn in favor of equal rights and it makes me proud of our nation.
I’m reminded of Martin Niemoeller’s poem and how we should fight for equality even if it doesn’t directly affect us.
“They came first for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
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I have been looking for this poem for a very long time. First came across it at the Holocaust Museum in DC. Your use of it here is excellent. Thank you.
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