Where two or three gathered together...

[On Tuesday there were 11 intrepid souls gathered in the rain, displaying limp bedraggled posters and waving at passersby, at the Court House in Romney, to express solidarity with unions and public sector workers in Madison, Wisconsin and other states where their very existence is being threatened.  We know that what they do, and what their senators who protest administrative and legislative actions against their fellow citizens do, is not just for them, but for us all.  And so our little rally was not for us, but for them.   And that is what inspired me to write the following comment.]

Although we were few, and not seen by many, and didn’t make the news, we know it has been said, “Where two or three gather together…”  We were there in solidarity for unions everywhere, in Madison and Ohio and Michigan and Maine and, yes, of course in West Virginia.  In Egypt and Japan and Brazil.  Whether they know it or not, we know it.  Whether or not we believe in prayer, we are there because we believe that, in some way, our actions and our presence will be felt by all of those whom we support, that we are kindred spirits.  Know that they know that we were there.  Thank you to all of you for being there.

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