Gay rights music video chronicling important events in the recent history of the movement. The music is a remixed version of "Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3, the theme song for The Sopranos. Although the meaning of the lyrics as it was originally written have nothing to do with this topic, I was touched by how the words expressed so much of how I feel about the struggle for gay rights. "Woke up this morning..." symbolizes both the struggle of gay Americans every day they wake up to face the world as well as representing the experience of the rest of the population in witnessing the evolution of the LGBT community, and "got yourself a gun..." symbolizes both the forces opposing gay rights and the power of gay Americans to fight back.
I've been asked about the meaning behind the final sequences, both the JFK assasination and the WTC collapse. Initially I refused to post that information because I believe people should draw their own conclusions by listening to the lyrics to come to an explanation. But since I've had the questio
n a few times I decided to address it. Both events, especially the events of 9/11, should be a big red flag to the American people that our government uses such shocking events to manipulate and control the citizens. It should also remind us all that we are vulnerable to the integrity of our govern
ment, both in terms of security and in terms of our civil rights. Both events, in the scope of my lifetime, have had profound ramifications for all Americans. Both events drew us all together and then tore us apart. Both events are shrouded in mystery and unanswered questions. Both events were nati
onal tragedies that stunned us all and changed the way we look at things. I believe the JFK assasination was the first event in my lifetime that was critically instrumental in the development of a lack of trust in American government. JFK being who he was, it was also critical to the nation in real
izing that what we perceive as "good" does not in fact win out over "evil". It put a barrier between the American people and our government. It created a controversy that drove many political groups into the consciousness of all Americans. The tragedy of September 11th also can be defined by all th
ose things, with a major addition, and that is the way the GOP and the government under Republican rule used it to galvanize a nation against a number of things, including a very open and hateful campaign against gay people in America. GW even vowed to revise the constitution so that the "threat" of
same sex marriage could be controlled. It allowed our government to instill a strong hate and control over the civil rights of gay Americans. It also, for me, indicates that times are changing drastically, and that we in the gay community better realize that with such propaganda hurled from the hig
hest of offices, it's time we aggressively do whatever we can to disallow it. To have felt such a part of America as we all did right after September 11th, and then to watch as propaganda and fear was wielded against us should be eye opening to millions of people. It's staggering that gay Americans
are still marginalized and restricted. It means so much more in 2007 than it did in 1977. Stacked with nothing but rationality, science and American principals on our side, we're still losing. That says a lot about Americans. And both these events should remind all gay Americans that if we are to
gain our equal civil rights in our lifetimes, we have to face the level of corruption and manipulation in our government, who's been invested in propaganda long before the current administration, and specifically the stunning lack of rationality by the American public who elected GW Bush twice and t
he corruption of the administration itself. And lastly, both these events should prove to any rational American that things may not be what you think they are. Tradition and sentiment should not be allowed to trump truth or the evolution of America and it's citizens. With all the questions surroun
ding both these events, and the subsequent effect on the American public, how is it that so many Americans still believe the propaganda that gay people are less than they are, and not worthy of equal rights? Information links: Same Sex Marriage Effects On Straight Marriage (Netherlands Study): ht
tp://www.iglss.org/media/files/briefing.pdf Williams Institute: http://www.law.ucla.edu/williamsinstitute/home.html Gays and Pedophilia: http://rainbowallianceopenfaith.homestead.com/PedoMyth.html Gays & Child Abuse:
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_molestation.html
Gays & Mental Health
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_mental_health.html

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