When The Heart Is Right, The Mind

As An African American Child Growing Up In The Segregated South, I Was Told, One Way Or Another, Almost Every Day Of My Life, That I Wasn't As Good As A White Child.

As One Whose Husband And Mother-in-law Have Died The Victims Of Murder And Assassination, I Stand Firmly And Unequivocally Opposed To The Death Penalty For Those Convicted Of Capital Offenses. An Evil Deed Is Not Redeemed By An Evil Deed Of Retaliation. Justice Is Never Advanced In The Taking Of A Human Life. Morality Is Never Upheld By A Legalized Murder.

There Is A Spirit And A Need And A Man At The Beginning Of Every Great Human Advance. Every One Of These Must Be Right For That Particular Moment Of History, Or Nothing Happens.

All We Seek Is An America Where Every Person Is Given The Chance To Productively Contribute To His Country And Where He Can Receive A Fair And Equitable Share Of The Wealth That Production Creates.

If Sexual Relations Between Consenting Adults Are Not Part Of The Right To Privacy Guaranteed By The Constitution, Then American Democracy Is In Trouble.