Let us reflect on the obvious but often neglected lesson that state-sanctioned discrimination never looks good in hindsight.

Let us not act out of fear and misunderstanding, but out of the values of inclusion, diversity, and regard for all that make our country great.

Instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, let us instead learn from our history and avoid repeating the mistakes of our past.

Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made based not on what they can bring to us, but what they will allow us to bring to others.

Don't let these defendants push us back to the day when police officers could beat people with impunity, and arrest people for no reason and lie about it to cover it up.

We just can't believe this is happening. It's discrimination against us because we win. There has to be a winner in every league... we're not a team of all-stars, we just win.