We are in a critical but challenging time in our country. This post is not directed just toward the process that we are enduring with Judge Kavanaugh and his supreme court bid. I am challenged by the rhetoric surrounding the conversation and the seemingly uncompassionate view toward women who speak out and says #metoo. I know that there are women who have falsely accused men of sexual assault abusing the system set up to help women. I know there are men who take advantage of the fact that it is hard to prove sexual assault because of the evidence that is needed. How can one determine what happened in a room with just 2 people? We wonder why women who have been abused choose not to come forward because of the challenge to get someone to believe their story.
I have a daughter. I am a man. I think about how I would feel if a man abused and/or assaulted my daughter. I think about how I would feel if she had to carry that shame and guilt all of her life because she felt like no one would hear her or believe her. I think about how many girls and women have been abused by average men and men in power because they knew they “could get away with it”. I think about the excessive number of young black girls who was abused and assaulted by white men because they had no power to fight back.
I have a daughter. I don’t know what the answer is. I don’t know how to allow justice to have her say without tarnishing the character of men who are ACTUALLY innocent. Not innocent because you didn’t remember but actually innocent because they were framed.
I have a daughter. When I think about my daughter and the precious virtue of her soul. I cringe. I pray. I cry. I hope. I fear. I trust. Not in man…but in GOD. The one thing I do know is that MEN CAN FOOL MAN…BUT MAN CAN’T FOOL GOD!
I HAVE A DAUGHTER!
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