I am not LGBT

Remember this?

They came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

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 Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me and by that time no one was left to speak up.

I am not a lesbian, nor gay, nor bisexual, nor transgendered. I am however, an American, and so far as I can tell, all the LGBT's who are being talked about these days are Americans too. In a melting pot, variety is the spice.

Any group of people who advocates sameness, or any supposed "purity" is signing it's own death warrant. You simply cannot cut yourself off from the rest of the world. History teaches that isolation brings vulnerability. In my solitude I can develop my skills. In my life with others I am forced develop my character. In this life "the same" never happens. In this life, you either grow or you die. I know it's not always easy, nor in your personal opinion may it even be preferred, yet, none the less, it is the case that life is a challenge and your choice is simply to either accept it or fight it and if you choose to fight life and it's progress, you will loose.

There are two groups of people in this country. There are those who love this country and believe that community involvement is a good thing. There are those who would take us back to some imagined past they think was a better time than we experience now. Abraham Lincoln said "A house divided cannot stand" and I think he's right about that. I vote for the country and my fellow citizens.