Last Friday, I watched Ellen DeGeneres stand up for gay Americans. I watched as she, in her subtle, humble way, said, "Stop the Hate". She was moved by the story of a 15-year old murdered for asking a 14-year old classmate to be his Valentine. She was moved because she knows that being gay shouldn't be a death sentence in the U.S. or anywhere else.
What was remarkable to me wasn't that Ellen was moved. It was that she decided finally to stand on her platform and make herself heard. All too often she has played the role of the harmless "not political" don't-get-offended by me gay. But every once in a while something moves her. The murder of Lawrence "Larry" King did it.
“Larry was not a second-class citizen,” DeGeneres said in her remarks. “I am not a second-class citizen. It’s okay if you’re gay.”
You're right, Ellen. And I'm grateful you were moved not just to feel but to speak!
In love and struggle,
Val
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