I am proud to me an American

I was going to ignore the desire I have to write about the results of the presidential election that just passed BUT after reading some thoughts regarding Obama off some of the blogs of friends, I decided to write.

The night the world learned that Barack Obama is going to be out next president is comparable to September 11th in the fact that I will never forget where I was or what I was doing.

I was at Diana and Rose's home. We were playing games and eating delicious food. The TV was on in the background. Taboo was the game we were playing, I was sitting next to Diana...someone pointed to the TV and said, "Guys! Look!" I looked at the TV but was focusing on Diana because it seemed she was going to have a panic attack. She couldn't breath...but all of a sudden she started clapping and a few tears streamed down her face. I was glad to know she was okay...and I turned to watch the TV.

November 4, 2008 is significant for soo many reasons.

It is a testimony to me that the world, or America, is moving toward equality. We are far from it but Barack Obama is living evidence of the progress America has made. He is a symbol of change and hope and freedom.

My heart sinks a little when I read accusations based on false information though (which takes me back to reality that true eqaulity is far from being reached). He is muslim, the anti-christ, and he doesn't even have a US birth certificate. Martin Luther King's dream of people not being judged by the color of their skin is still only a dream.

I am choosing not to write about my political views on my blog. I realize politics are a delicate subject. I am choosing to write about the pride and emotion that overcame my entire self with the announcement of our new president.

I recently posted on my blog that I am part of a major minority group. I am part of a minority group that doesn't have the rights and privledges that others partake in everyday. Can you imagine what it would be like if a gay man or woman wanted to run for the president of the United States?! I am guessing it might be similar to the reaction Obama may have gotten if he wanted to run for president in the 70's, 80's and possibly even the 90's. My sexual orientation would not dictate my ability to run a country, just as it wouldn't dictate my ability to do any job. But nonetheless, no gay person in this present day would have the opportunity to become the president of the United States.

Barack Obama is a symbol to every person who currently or previously has lived without freedom. Or maybe to every person who hopes for the day when noone will have to live without freedom. We indeed live in a free country but to some there are limits and boundries on the most basic freedoms people enjoy. Love, marriage, family-the three things that, in my opinion, life is all about.

Here is to a possibility of great, great change and to our new president.

More than anyother time in my life, I am proud to be an American!!