EQUAL ACCESS, FOR THE MENTALLLY AND EMOTIONALLY, AS WEL AS THE PHYSICALLY, DISABLED, IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE, AND OPPOSING IT FOR ANY REASON DOWNRIGHT UNAMERICAN

Melisa is of course a fictional character in a work of fiction. But there are real people with mental and emotional disabilities all over the country. The Supreme Court Ruling a few years back that The Americans With Disabilities Act can not be enforced i relationship with State or Locally Owned Public Buildings has the potential to hurt them as much as much as it huts People With Physical Disabilities, because Equal Access is not just about Wheelchair Ramps, lowered curbs and elevators. It's about making sure that everyone has an Equal Opportunity to succeed, and without ways of learning to cope with Mental and or Emotional Disabilities, such as the Program that Melisa was in that was cancelled following The Ruling, People with such disabilities will not have an equal opportunity to succeed. But it's more than even that. The suit and The Ruling show a shift in our Nation's Attitude and Thinking. We Preach that this is The Land of Opportunity for all, but The Republican Attorneys General who brought The anti Americans With Disabilities Act Law Suit a few years back,, and ALL of The Supreme court Justices who Ruled in their favor clearly do not believe this. Instead, ALL of them clearly believe that this is only the land of opportunity for the able bodied, able minded and emotionally stable and at the correct maturity level. That is not The America that we Pledge Allegiance to The Flag of "With Liberty and Justice for ALL" and not The America that I want to leave to Future Generations. So, if we are truly The Land of Opportunity for all, then let all Americans who either have or care about somebody who has a disability tell those that want to limit access, standing or sitting or laying down, as each of us is able, in one voice, two simple words: "NO MORE", and let it ring across the Nation until the message is received so loud and clear that we must be obeyed.