Something to Think about

The following poem entitled “First they came…” is inscribed at the Boston Holocaust Memorial. Those who believe that Obama's election is the end of the world would be well served to think about this.

First they came…

They came first for the Communists,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
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 Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

We could change those words from Communist to Gays, from Jews to Blacks, from Protestant to Catholic - the point is still the same - we are our brother's keeper, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, love each other. If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything. What do you really, really believe in? What do you keep close to your heart that someone/some group wants to take away? Is it your right to marry whomever you want? Your right to give a child a home even though someone thinks two men or two women don't have the love in them to be good parents? Your right to have a partner in your life that you can say is your wife or your husband - that you can visit in the hospital as FAMILY, AS A SPOUSE. Is your love for money greater than your love for yourself and what you believe in? When they come for you, who will stand up for you after we are gone?