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Thursday, March 5, 2015
Via JMG: Wall Street To SCOTUS: Yes On Marriage
Via CNN:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Wall Street's leading banks have signed a "friend of the court" brief pressing the Supreme Court to back same-sex marriage. Major financial firms including AIG, Bank of America, BlackRock, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs JPMorgan, UBS and Wells Fargo signed the brief that will be filed on Thursday. Spokespeople at each of the companies confirmed to CNN that they are named in the brief. Other signatories include a range of small and large companies in a variety of sectors including technology, healthcare and retail. "The brief argues that the existing confused legal landscape places significant burdens on employers and their employees—making it increasingly hard to conduct business," said Elliott Frieder, a spokesman for Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the law firm that will file the brief on behalf of the firms.A similar banking coalition filed a DOMA brief in 2013.
Via JMG: David Koch To Sign SCOTUS Brief
David Koch, the big money political donor and liberal boogeyman, has agreed to sign onto to an amicus brief supporting same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court, the Washington Free Beacon reported. The brief he will reportedly sign in DeBoer v. Snyder, a case that could afford same-sex couples a constitutional right to marry, will host a number of other prominent conservative signatories, including retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former Reagan White House chief of staff Ken Duberstein and former Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman. An attorney for Koch Industries told the Free Beacon that Koch will join the brief in a personal capacity, indicating his support for gay marriage does not necessarily indicate a larger message from the Koch network of donors.In 2012 Koch backed Romney, who signed onto NOM's anti-marriage pledge.
Via JMG: Twitter To SCOTUS: Yes On Marriage
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia - Flor del Día - Flower of the Day - 05/03/2015
“Sadhana (prática espiritual) é sinônimo de bater na porta do salão da
Verdade, o que significa libertar-se de tudo o que acreditamos ser
verdade para que sobre apenas a Verdade. Em outras palavras, significa
libertar-se de crenças, conceitos, ideias e interpretações que têm base
no conhecimento emprestado, ou seja, tudo aquilo que você entende
intelectualmente, mas ainda não experienciou. Isso é o que chamo de
imaginação ou sonho – um sonho que
projetamos no outro. Esse sonho precisa cessar, você precisa despertar, e
você faz isso através do seu sadhana.”
“Sadhana (práctica espiritual) es sinónimo de golpear en la puerta del
salón de la Verdad, lo que significa liberarse de todo lo que creemos
que es verdad para que quede solamente la Verdad. En otras palabras,
significa liberarse de creencias, conceptos, ideas e interpretaciones
que se basan en el conocimiento prestado, es decir, todo aquello que
entiendes intelectualmente, pero que aún no has experimentado. Esto es
lo que llamo imaginación o sueño - un sueño que proyectamos en el otro.
Este sueño necesita terminar, tú precisas despertar, y lo haces a través
de tu sadhana.”
“Sadhana, spiritual practice, is synonymous with knocking on the door of the truth. This means freeing ourselves of everything that we believe to be true so that the only thing left is the truth itself. In other words, liberating ourselves from beliefs, concepts, ideas and interpretations that are based on borrowed knowledge. Borrowed knowledge refers to everything that we understand intellectually, but have not yet experienced for ourselves. This is what I call ‘imagination’ or a ‘dream’ that we project onto the other. This dream must end – we have to wake up, and we do so through our sadhana.”
“Sadhana, spiritual practice, is synonymous with knocking on the door of the truth. This means freeing ourselves of everything that we believe to be true so that the only thing left is the truth itself. In other words, liberating ourselves from beliefs, concepts, ideas and interpretations that are based on borrowed knowledge. Borrowed knowledge refers to everything that we understand intellectually, but have not yet experienced for ourselves. This is what I call ‘imagination’ or a ‘dream’ that we project onto the other. This dream must end – we have to wake up, and we do so through our sadhana.”
Via Daily Dharma
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