No. Your daughter cannot play with my son…

My friend Brad, who works here in the LWA offices, told me a saying that goes “1/3 of all things our parents believed when they were growing up…we will eventually find very silly” Put this in that category. Today marked the passing of the judge, Sylvia Pressler, who forced Little League to allow girls the opportunity to play baseball with boys. Apparently in 1973, little girls were not seen fit to play baseball, with or without little boys. I’m reminded that this seemingly common sense thing—that we assume has always been—had to be fought hard for…and it (like all changes) was seen as both radical and deeply subversive at the time. I love the quote from the Little League on the court’s ruling (yes…Little league fought this tooth and nail…even appealing the ruling) The ruling was decried by Little League as “conceived in vindictive and prejudicial fashion of the worst kind” Amazing. The story really puts change in perfect perspective. Change is never easy—even for something as innocent as letting kids plays together. Its the end of the world one day and then 20 years later its ‘normal’ and seen as common sense. Can you imagine this happening today? Now that sounds silly. So please remember… if your out there fighting for something that seems common sense to you… 1. keep fighting! 2. because maybe it really is common sense— your just a generation early Thank you Judge Sylvia Pressler. Well done. check out the whole story here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=4919055

Tags: action, change, Social Justice, values