Pretty much all you need to do...

is smile wider and wave at them.
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Kid who refused to stand for the Pledge will lead the Northwest Arkansas Gay Pride Parade in Fayetteville:

He will be the parade's youngest grand marshal ever, but he said age shouldn't make a difference.

"Because I'm a person, I may be 10, but I'm a person," said Will Phillips.

Should he have refused the invitation, for fear of linking homosexuals with child abuse, as some worry ?

Or do you see this more as a kid advanced for his age, making a point that 10-year-olds are going to be living in this future world too, and aren't afraid so much what other people think?

I don't go for the stereotypes affirmed in the video at the link (note to photojournalists: drag queens at Pride pics are old -- and not the whole scene), but the kid seems genuine enough to me.

It's worth listening just to hear him say: "Pretty much all you need to do is smile wider and wave at them."

That made me smile here, and no, there's nothing funny about that.