For me it's a combination of relief on the one hand, and the greatest sorrow on the other. I remember a time when people were allowed to treat one very badly because of their beliefs. I am overjoyed to see that this has now changed in my own culture. A court in the United States has ruled in effect, that someone's beliefs does not give that person the right to deny others their own rights. Well done America. I have lived to see changes that I'd never have believed possible in my own lifetime. It makes me very happy for the young people of today.
What saddens me greatly are the harrowing accounts we read daily of all the poor people arriving in Europe, having fled war and persecution. The stories are truly horrific. I am very concerned that the treatment of these people is very similar to the treatment of the Jews who fled Hitler's Germany. When people suffer in such large numbers, many people seem to think of them as numbers, and to forget that they are all people.
This is only the latest example of persecution based on religion. When will it ever stop?
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