They Will Aways Come......

By: CommonSense
Published On: 11/2/2006 9:35:34 AM

"First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me."
Niemoller, 1945

And now, 51 years later they are coming again.
They are coming for gays. They are coming for me.
We live here, we own property here, we work here, we pay taxes here and many of us raise our families here. We have no designs on anybody's marriage. We don't care what you do in the privacy of your bedroom, why should you be so obsessed with what we do in ours?
We are live and let live.

Speak Out Now Virginia, Speak Up Now Virginia.

Vote NO Now Virginia,
Before They Decide To Come For YOU.

 
And another even scarier view updated for these times:

Then They Came for ME
By Stephen F. Rohde, Esq.

  "First they came for the Muslims, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Muslim.
  Then they came to detain immigrants indefinitely solely upon the certification of the Attorney General, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't an immigrant.
  Then they came to eavesdrop on suspects consulting with their attorneys, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a suspect.
  Then they came to prosecute non-citizens before secret military commissions, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a non-citizen.
  Then they came to enter homes and offices for unannounced "sneak and peek" searches, and I didn't speak up because I had nothing to hide.
  Then they came to reinstate Cointelpro and resume the infiltration and surveillance of domestic religious and political groups, and I didn't speak up because I had stopped participating in any groups.
  Then they came for anyone who objected to government policy because it aided the terrorists and gave ammunition to America's enemies, and I didn't speak up because......  I didn't speak up.
  Then they came for me.......  and by that time no one was left to speak up."


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