My Husband...

My husband has an incredible way with words. He has put into writing what my heart has been feeling. He's the thinker, I'm the feeler. We're a perfect match. :)

Here is what he wrote today following the inauguration of our new president. If you are on Facebook, you can find the original there on his page.

For those who don't understand...


He is not a savior.
He is not the messiah.
He cannot fix everything.

So why then?

Because a fatal blow has been dealt to prejudice and all who those who cling to it. This fatal blow is both historic and future in nature.

Whether that prejudice be based on race, color, ethicity, religion, or partisanship. Or any other characteristics you choose to identify as morally superior or inferior. The choice of separating oneself from others on the basis of characteric is wrong and antiquated. Every human has value whether you choose to see it or not.

This is symbolized by the election of someone who could still be 'racially profiled' in certain parts of this country. Perhaps those rules should finally be taken off the books now.

By someone whose parents were not allowed to be married in many states of this country when his was born. Perhaps those who supported those laws should feel repremanded now.

By someone who would still be ridiculed for being a mixed race. Perhaps those who ridicule should be silenced.

This is symbolized by the election of someone who speaks of unity, not divisiveness. Community, not segration. And strength, not bullying.

The symbolism exceeds the historical gravity of this moment. The blow to prejudice has future implications of how we rebuild our economy, how we interact in international diplomacy, and who we call our enemy.

Our enemies are not those whose physical appearance is different than ours. Nor is it those who believe differently than us.

The enemy of humanity are those who cling to forgotten ideals of personal or communal superiority based on the characteristics that define them.

Those who would suppress the humanity of others because they are not like you.

Freedom finds balance of allowing others to coexist humanely and with integrity. Freedom does not allow you to impose on the well being of others.

My enemies are not those who think differently than me. My enemies are those who say I or others have not the freedom to think differently.

Today you have been warned that your ideal of suppression or preference based on prejudice is no longer welcome.

Today change has come to America.