Happy Fourth -- or NOT

As much as I love my country and celebrate its founding, there is a bitter taste of disgust when confronted with things like the following news item:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/30/fort-worth-police-chief-that-faggot-had-it-coming

Raise a glass, a bottle, or whatever, and toast to the freedoms this country stands for...and hope that they will apply to all of its citizens one day.