Thursday, July 25, 2013
THE PRICE OF ENDING EQUAL ACCESS
When Equal Access ends, so does more than just People With Disabilities Ability to get into the movie theater or even the doctors office. There is a price that our whole nation will pay. If a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, then a nation is only as strong as its weakest members. Not to say that People With Disabilities are automatically weak, I know a man in a wheelchair that I'm sure could break my arm in an arm wrestling contest if he wanted to. But People With Disabilities do need certain accommodations. Greg Abbott, for all his "Oh, I did it all by myself. I didn't succeed because the government gave me anything" talk, HAS used wheelchair ramps, which would not be in all Public Buildings without The Americans With Disabilities Act. But it's more than just that some people won't be able to get into some buildings. If we as a nation do not guarantee, by law, and make n mistake, if it is not by law, it will not happen, since building ramps and other accommodations will make building costs be higher, that all people, regardless of Physical and or Mental Ability, have the basic Right to be treated with Dignity and Respect, that says something about us as a Nation. It says that the closing phrase of our Pledge of Allegiance "With Liberty and Justice For All" is a lie, because it only for the able bodied. It says that those "yearning to breathe free" who have physical and or mental disabilities need not come here, because they will not "breathe free" in this land. It says that we are the land of opportunity, "The Land of The Free and The Home of The Brave" only for The Able Bodied and Able Brained. So Conservatives and The Republican Party need to ask themselves, is their desire to make everyone exactly the same worth destroying The Very Heart and Soul of what makes America Great for? If no, then they need to instantly STOP any and all efforts to in any way scale back The Protections of The Americans With Disabilities Act, regardless of The Supreme Court Ruling a few years ago. If yes, then consider this post the casting down of the gauntlet of this Knight of Truth and Justice, and I DO NOT GIVE UP, EVER.
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