To the editor: My dad and mom’ Bulgarian pals all skilled variations of the identical story coming to the U.S.: fleeing the brutality of their nation’s communist authorities and constructing new lives as Individuals. Fortunate for us, the “youngsters,” we acquired front-row seats soaking in a uniquely passionate perspective on politics.
Within the early Nineteen Seventies, my mother’s brother was allowed to go to the US. One night, household pals had been invited to satisfy Uncle Georgi. As typical, it didn’t take lengthy for the dialog to shift to politics.
At one level, I seemed over at my uncle; he was white as a sheet. Everyone gently assured him that no secret police would haul us to jail. My dad grabbed a ebook off the shelf and confirmed my uncle the Invoice of Rights; he pointed to the first Modification.
It was then that I spotted the Structure isn’t a dusty parchment, however slightly a residing doc whose assured protections are ingrained in Individuals’ lives.
Lord is aware of America isn’t simple. It'll all the time be a piece in progress, as a result of that’s how it's with democracies. 2 hundred forty-six years in the past, the colonial delegates had been sweating bullets of their wool coats in Philadelphia’s July warmth. Thank heaven they pushed forward with a brazen plan to create the US.
It will be ruled by its folks, who would have the liberty to form their very own destinies.
Danielle Karson, Pasadena
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To the editor: After the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, I'm not feeling notably free this Independence Day. The considered hundreds of thousands of American girls in crimson states being denied bodily autonomy is really nauseating.
Flying the California flag is my selection as we speak, and I’m going to take the 12 months off from celebrating Uncle Sam. Be happy to hitch me, fellow Californians.
Liz McNabb, Costa Mesa
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