Matt Stopera reports at Buzzfeed:
"Keesha Patterson of Ft. Washington, Maryland, proposed to her
girlfriend, Rowan Ha, during the election night victory rally at
President Barack Obama's headquarters in Chicago. Maryland voted in
favor of gay marriage last night." The best part is the onlookers. (Via Zack Ford @Think Progress)
Reposted from Joe
A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Via Buddhism on Beliefnet / FB:
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Via JMG: HomoQuotable - Dan Savage
"Before I say anything else—before I say what I dragged myself out of bed to say—let me say this: we did this. LGBT people came out, fought back, and changed the world. There's a fuck of a lot left to do—repealing DOMA, passing ENDA, completing the repeal of DADT (trans people are still barred from serving in the military), fighting for the rights of queers around the world—but LGBT people have come so far since Stonewall due to our own efforts and sacrifice. It has gotten better for us because we fought to make it better. We demanded better.
"Now here's what I want to say: I know so many straight people in Seattle who worked unbelievably hard to approve R-74. They gave money, they volunteered their time, they reached out to friends and relatives and coworkers, all in an effort to make it possible for same-sex couples to marry. Gays and lesbians are a tiny percentage of the population. We couldn't do this on our own. A majority of the legislators who voted for same-sex marriage? Straight. The governor who signed the law making same-sex marriage legal in Washington state? Straight. The majority of the folks manning the phone banks for R-74? Straight. The overwhelming majority of people who voted to approve R-74? Straight. The president who took a huge political risk and came out for marriage equality before his reelection campaign? Straight. It has gotten better for us—better, not perfect—but it hasn't gotten better for us in a vacuum. It's gotten better for us because straight people have gotten better about us." - Dan Savage, writing for Slog.
Labels: American history, Dan Savage, HomoQuotable, LGBT History, LGBT rights, marriage equality, straight allies, Washington state
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma November 8, 2012
Radiant Equanimity
Equanimity,
one of the most sublime emotions of Buddhist practice, is the ground
for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. While
some may think of equanimity as dry neutrality or cool aloofness, mature
equanimity produces a radiance and warmth of being.
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- Gil Fronsdal, "A Perfect Balance"
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