Steve Rogers (livinglegend) wrote in thedoorway, @ 2014-07-04 10:48:00 |
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Entry tags: | !network post, anne shirley (books), james potter, pepper potts / rescue (animated), steve rogers / captain america (emh) |
Today makes the 238th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independance. Marking the formation of the United States of America as we know it today and our freedom as a sovereign nation under God. Today we celebrate and remember that. And in light of the recent tragedies in Washington DC, now more than ever I think it’s important that we hold in our hearts the importance of the declaration, and what it stands for above all else: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
But it’s not just what happened in DC that we need to overcome. Because HYDRA is not the only enemy that has infiltrated the institutions that makes this country great. Ways that we must continue to dismantle and take down so that each and every American can celebrate their unalienable Rights.
Discrimination is unconstitutional. Deciding what others are allowed to do and not do, enforcing or restricting beliefs is unconstitutional, restricting the rights a person has to his or her own body, his unconstitutional as is interfering with a person’s right to love and a person’s right to marry if they choose. A person’s right to live in this country or anywhere else.
We need, every day, to celebrate our successes as a country, but we must never cease to reevaluate our failures and disappointments. We have a duty to all our fellow citizens of this country and of the world to lead, to accept, to do our best and to strive to rid the world of all it’s enemies: be them secret organisations, criminals or harmful ideologies and inequalities.
So, I’d like to wish you, my friends, Avengers, SHIELD agents and my fellow refugees, a very heart-felt and sincere congratulations on what you’ve all accomplished these past few weeks, and these past few years, and I implore you to keep going. We’ve all still got work to do.