4.26.2004
What Democracy Looks Like
The March for Womens Lives was a resounding success! At least a half million participants, probably more. It sounds as if more young people are mobilizing to let their government know what they care about- more conscious caring voters will put "the fear" into our representitives; they want to get voted back into office. that which falls under the umbrella of "womens issues" are bedrock issues that affect us all, male, gay, childless, what have you- ALL of us.
The way women and children are treated in a society is a barometer of the society itself, of a culture's level of democracy and human decency. Consider that when you hear members of the "Christian Taliban" slurring feminists or touting such bills as The No Child Left Behind Act, refering to teachers as terrorists or deciding that their personal belief system should dictate what others do with their bodies.
Womens issues are peoples issues. I'm heartened by the turnout at The March for Womens Lives.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
--Martin Luther King Jr.
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