I got included on a post recently on Facebook with a number of friends from college and bounced around a few profiles to see what they had been up to. Most were the usual family and vacation photos, but on one profile was a smiling selfie with… Mike Pence.
Sigh.
I don’t know the context of the photo or what was going on there, but one thing is clear: Pence is a scumbag of highest order. Or would that be lowest order? Anyway, he’s awesome at being a terrible person.
I knew enough about him to be revolted, but the photo convinced me to look him up. Among the many terrible things he’s done, he’s also gone against LGBT rights at every single turn.
At least he’s consistent.
Taking rights away from people – based on race, religion, sexual identity, social standing, etc. – just seems so obviously wrong to me.
Almost…hmmm… self-evident. Now, where have I heard that expression before? Oh, yeah:
We hold these truths to be self–evident: that all men are created equal;
That’s right out of The Declaration of Independence.
Such a powerful statement. This truth needs no rationalization or justification. It’s as plain as day.
All men are created equal.
If someone is treating groups of people differently from others…if they are setting groups of people above other people…if some people are more “equal” than other.
Well… all of that goes against The Declaration of Independence. Sounds pretty un-American to me.
Right there. At the very start of our nation. How does a politician today go against the document that marked the birth of our country? How do they do they stand facing the flag on Independence day, and then pass laws that go against the very intention of our founding fathers?
Sigh, again.
I honestly don’t know. And I still don’t know the context of that photo – that smiling selfie – but I’m absolutely certain that I would turn down a photo-op like that myself.
Seems pretty self-evident.