A Reflection on Pride Month
Culture, Florida, GLBT 10:00 AM
by Nick Stone of Drawnlines Politics.
June is the month of pride in the United States. It is also the month of my birth, which makes me reflect on each year’s passing. In this very busy June, I’m particularly proud because I have so much for which to be thankful.
This weekend I have the fortune of traveling to a statewide Young Republicans convention in Melbourne. Conservative values and partisan principles hold a slightly different hue for proud young Republicans than for generations past. Some wonder if our generation’s progressive social stances will take the party in an impure direction. Others fret that our youthful idealism might cause us to be jaded by the harsh realities of governing. I can say from experience that the profound love and respect for country that I’ve seen from my adolescent counterparts is unrivaled. If the men and women I’ve met are our party’s future, then our whole nation will be in good hands.
Next weekend marks our local Gay Pride festivities in Fort Lauderdale. As a gay man who is also proud to wear the red team jersey, I’m especially touched by what it means to be a Republican in these times. Ours is the party that freed the slaves and ended Jim Crow. Ours is the party that stood strong against dictators and liberated Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain. And I’m proud to report that ours is the party that stands for freedom and individualism today. The love and respect I have gotten from my fellow Republicans has been unmatched by any so-called “tolerance” ever enjoyed by my Democratic colleagues.
At the end of the month I will travel to Vermont to help move my family back to Florida. Having my next of kin close by makes me reflect on the importance of family in my conservative values. It was my grandfather that taught me to be kind and respectful. My grandmother taught me to be strong in the face of adversity. From my mother, I got understanding and love. My father gave me the value of freedom and of consequence. And my siblings gave me patience. Are those values so far apart from the conservative principles that we hold dear in the GOP? As I foster those attributes in my pursuit to become a better man, I also challenge myself to stay true to them in my quest for a more perfect union.
Ours is a time of giants. These are the moments of choice and of consequence. As pride month presses forth, I’m lucky and thankful to have so much for which I can be proud. God bless my readers, my family and friends, and my beloved America. Next month we celebrate her birthday most proudly of all.
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June is the month of pride in the United States. It is also the month of my birth, which makes me reflect on each year’s passing. In this very busy June, I’m particularly proud because I have so much for which to be thankful.
This weekend I have the fortune of traveling to a statewide Young Republicans convention in Melbourne. Conservative values and partisan principles hold a slightly different hue for proud young Republicans than for generations past. Some wonder if our generation’s progressive social stances will take the party in an impure direction. Others fret that our youthful idealism might cause us to be jaded by the harsh realities of governing. I can say from experience that the profound love and respect for country that I’ve seen from my adolescent counterparts is unrivaled. If the men and women I’ve met are our party’s future, then our whole nation will be in good hands.
Next weekend marks our local Gay Pride festivities in Fort Lauderdale. As a gay man who is also proud to wear the red team jersey, I’m especially touched by what it means to be a Republican in these times. Ours is the party that freed the slaves and ended Jim Crow. Ours is the party that stood strong against dictators and liberated Eastern Europe from the Iron Curtain. And I’m proud to report that ours is the party that stands for freedom and individualism today. The love and respect I have gotten from my fellow Republicans has been unmatched by any so-called “tolerance” ever enjoyed by my Democratic colleagues.
At the end of the month I will travel to Vermont to help move my family back to Florida. Having my next of kin close by makes me reflect on the importance of family in my conservative values. It was my grandfather that taught me to be kind and respectful. My grandmother taught me to be strong in the face of adversity. From my mother, I got understanding and love. My father gave me the value of freedom and of consequence. And my siblings gave me patience. Are those values so far apart from the conservative principles that we hold dear in the GOP? As I foster those attributes in my pursuit to become a better man, I also challenge myself to stay true to them in my quest for a more perfect union.
Ours is a time of giants. These are the moments of choice and of consequence. As pride month presses forth, I’m lucky and thankful to have so much for which I can be proud. God bless my readers, my family and friends, and my beloved America. Next month we celebrate her birthday most proudly of all.
For videos and archives visit Drawnlines Politics Online AND check us out on FACEBOOK
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