A Stern Begining...

This picture was taken by Kelly Stern in good ol' boy Richmond, Virginia. Right at the first hole in the Bible Belt. He has a lovely manicured front lawn, don't he?? Well Mr. Stern posted this picture on his blog and suggested that the bloggersphere do the same to show some solidarity. I heard about it on The Krebs Cycle (another blog/podcast I have grown to enjoy) and thought, what the heck. Why not. I know there are some people out there who don't want to rock the boat. Those who live in fear and would not like to draw attention to themselves. People who are just hoping that if they become invisible or unobtrusive that the country will see them (the GLBT community) as a "non-threat" and appease us by giving us some rights. Bitches, that ain't happening. On the eve of our President's intended State of the Union address where he plans to let the world know that he will be pushing for a constitutional amendment that write discrimination/oppression/hate into our wonderful Constitution, we need to wake up. Period. I am not saying that we all need to be flag twirling sistas' but if just posting this one picture on your blog, vlog, podcast shows that you stand by those who will be vocal in their fight for your rights then please, go visit kellystern.blogspot.com and get the picture. Give him credit, and give yourself a little glimmer of hope. Peace out my brothas' and sistas'!!