Chapter Five
As The Young Speaker's popularity grew, his
people began to run for public positions and everyone that got into one
began to enforce The Law. They
even went back and reopened some cases that their predecessors had
judged wrongly. There was much bitterness about this, but as they were
within The Law, there was nothing those who opposed them could do.
2 One decision started riots in one state. Just before one of The Young
Speaker's followers became The Speaker of that state, a man had been
convicted of murder. But the old State Speaker had not signed his death
warrant. When the new State Speaker read the case, and found that the
deceased man had been a lover of men and when visiting the other man
had touched his manhood, he dismissed the case under the grounds of
justification and released the young man.
3 ''The insult he endured," he explained, "was beyond bearing, and he
had every right under the circumstances, to take the other man's life."
4 The Lovers of Men rioted in many cities, and looted stores crying
"Murderers! Murderers! Injustice! Injustice!"
5 The militia had to be called up to restore order in several cities.
The Speakers above The State Speaker upheld his decision and the man
stayed free.
6 Every free week The Young Speaker had, he was somewhere lecturing.
His people's boycotts of companies that were polluting was beginning to
have
an effect. The companies were voluntarily putting in pollution
controls, but they still resisted cleaning up what they had already
dumped. Though some were beginning to comply.
7 Even The Hoods were beginning to feel The Young Speaker's sting. Now,
in his first year of