Rosa Parks to lie in state at the Capital

[innerSpaceman]

I think it's high time we rid ourselves of the anachronism that the only people outside of Congress to be so honored should be warrior heroes. Rosa Parks is a national hero of peace, and highly deserving of this honor.

To say that "it's always been done that way" is to deny progress itself, and I think this tiny step away from warrior-worship is the way I'd like progress to develop.


It's likely the only thing Congress has gotten right in 7 years.