[lentulusgracchus]

I'm with you. To me, "out and proud" = out of the military, out of teaching, out of law enforcement, out of politics.

And now, it's Christmas Eve, and let us think rather in terms of all our blessings, as our brave, far-away, and doubtless cold and uncomfortable young men stand watch and watch for the enemies that would harm us if they could.

We are in their country, so that they will never come to our country to wage their war, and our uniformed services are accomplishing very honorably the mission Theodore Roosevelt gave them over 100 years ago, that they so discharge our national policy, that a great war will never again be fought on American soil.

Benedicite, to our soldiers, sailors and airmen. And thank you many times over for your service.

[little jeremiah]

Yes indeed. I posted this just a while ago, courtesy of another freeper. I like it a lot. Those in the military deserve our support in every way.

A quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was executed by the Nazi’s for opposing them:

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”