by Ken Mosesian
A few days ago, David Kato, a gay rights activist in Uganda was beaten to death with a hammer in his home. The Pastor at his funeral used the opportunity to rail against LGBT persons, and the cemetery workers refused to bury his coffin, leaving his family and friends to dig his grave.
I first read about it on Facebook. The next post was from friends of ours whose baby just turned one month old. My mind flashed to what David must have been like as a little baby. I can't wrap my mind around what happened. Maybe it was the juxtaposition of my friend's baby and David's horrific murder. Maybe it's because every day I work with the staff and board of The AFA to help people realize their dreams of creating a family. Maybe it's because of the recent terrorist act in Tucson, AZ, and the death of Christina Taylor Green, the little nine-year old girl that resulted from it. I don't know. But those two images - the little baby, and David's coffin - continue to haunt me.
We're all part of one human family, and yet there is so much hatred that we express based on our differences: gender, orientation, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and virtually any other category that you can think of.
Mahatma Gandhi taught us to "Be the change you want to see in the world."
What can each of us do to help create a world worthy of the children we hope to bring into it, and the children who are already here? What action, big or small, will each of us take today to be the change?
Ken Mosesian
Executive Director
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