"See, it's our time to dance."

(Ren approaches the podium to speak at the town meeting.)

"I just wanted to say a few words about this motion so that, uh, you wouldn't think we were encouraging destruction, with this...idea.

(clears throat) From the oldest of times people danced for a number of reasons. They danced in prayer so that their crops would be plentiful or so their hunts would be good. They danced to stay physically fit and to show their community spirit. And they danced to celebrate. And that's the dancing we're talking about."


"Aren't we told in Psalm 149 'Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song. Let them praise His name in the dance.'


It was King David...who we read about in Samuel, and what did David do? What did David do? What did David do. (crowd laughs) David danced before the Lord with all his might. Leaping...leaping and dancing. (slams fist on table) Leaping and dancing.


(turns to address crowd) Ecclesiastics assures us there is a time for every purpose under heaven. A time to laugh. A time to weep. A time to mourn. And there is a time to dance. There was a time for this law, but not any more. See, this is our time to dance. It's our way of celebrating...life.

That's the way it was in the beginning.

That's the way it's always been.

That's the way it should be now."