Let me start with two disclaimers.
First I don't normaly do Diaries.
And second, I am considerably more moderate than most Daily Kos activists.
However, I came across a song recently that gives voice to equal rights. Nanci Griffith includes the song The Loving Kind on her new album.
I’m not sure that the analogy between same sex marriage and interracial marriage is completely accurate, however Nanci does, and many of you do as well. This song can be for you.
It really is a powerful song and was recently reviewed by Howie Klein at the Huffington Post
Huffington Post Review
THE LOVING KIND is her first studio album of original and contemporary cover material since 2005’s Hearts In Mind. The title track, emblematic of the album’s story songs, refers to Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 landmark civil rights case that once and for all ended the ban on interracial marriages in the U.S. Richard and Mildred Loving were a married white man and black woman who were forced to leave their native state of Virginia under threat of arrest because of the state’s Jim Crow law prohibiting marriages between different races.
"I read Mildred Loving’s obituary in The New York Times last year and it just floored me," recalls Griffith. Tragically, Richard died in a tragic car accident just months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the couple’s favor. "She never remarried and in her last interview, just before she passed away, she expressed hope that their case would eventually be the open door to the legalization of same sex marriage."
As I stated earlier, I am considerably more moderate than most here at Daily Kos. Believing mankind was created in God’s own image, with an eternal soul, I am a pro-life Christian Democrat, and a proud son of the South. I, like many Democrats, still attend church on Sunday. I value human life above all else and believe that lifelong monogamous heterosexual relationships are ideal.
However, I don’t have the wisdom to be the judge for everybody. I can only tell you what I believe. I haven’t yet accepted legal same sex marriage. I’m not sure I will ever will, as I don’t see gay rights as equal to the civil rights movement. However I know many of you do, and I wanted to share this song.