Love Continues to trump Hate

I am heartened and proud to be an American today. All the Americans that just showed up at the nations airports to protest the ban on travel from 7 Muslim countries. In Victoria Texas after the ban a Mosque was burned to the ground. The local Jewish community gave them the keys to their synagogue. People from all over the country volunteered to sew prayer rugs. The locals set up a crowd source fund that in the first day raised over $800,000 and is now over a million.

In Austin today Muslim high school students went to the capital as they do each year for a day of civics called "Texas Muslim Capitol Day". Last year a group of foul minded, bigoted adults heckled them, took over their microphone, and essentially ruined these students and their parents and teachers day at the State capital. This year 2000 fine minded Texans showed up and made a human chain around this group so they could have their day in peace. These are NOT Muslims protesting at the capital. These are high school students, American citizens that happen to be Muslim that go to the capital each year to learn about their/our Democratic process.

I am proud to be an American as I watch millions of  strong, good minded Americans that normally sit on the sidelines come out and stand up for what is right. Stand up for the core principles in our constitution and what makes America so exceptional.

Trump is bringing us together. Maybe not in the way he intended, but he is bringing us together. For me the last 12 days have been one of great hope.