Sunday, March 29, 2015
Via JMG: ITALY: Activists Counter Neo-Nazis With Public Reading Of LGBT Children's Books
Yesterday I reported that Italy's neo-Nazi New Front Party planned to
hold a burning of LGBT children's books in a central plaza in Milan.
Local activists had demanded that city authorities stop the event and
that may have happened. Not stopped, however, was a large
counter-protest by LGBT activists and allies, who this afternoon staged a
public reading of numerous LGBT children's titles. Bravo Milano!
Meanwhile the neo-Nazis are mocking the counter-protest on their Facebook page.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Via JMG: INDIANA: Thousands Protest Against State's License To Discriminate Law
When Annette Gross made plans for a rally in Indianapolis against the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, she had only hoped for 100 people to show up. "I'm a superstitious person," said the Carmel mom, who started a Facebook page about the rally only a few days earlier. "I don't like to say we're going to do this or that. But we got 'em." Instead, several thousand attended the rally. Gross, an advocate for the LGBT community, couldn't believe her eyes when she looked out onto the crowd in Downtown Indianapolis on Saturday. The number of protesters quickly grew as the crowd marched from Monument Circle to the Indiana Statehouse to express their displeasure with Republican Gov. Mike Pence, who signed the legislation Thursday. "No hate in our state," they shouted. Call and response chants continued on the Statehouse lawn, while speakers used a megaphone to address the crowd.RELATED: Angie's List CEO Bill Oesterle announced today that he has canceled plans for a $40M expansion of his company's Indiana headquarters. A backlash against Angie's List is already underway from Twitter's haters.
Labels: boycotts, business, Indiana, LGBT rights, license to discriminate, Mike Pence, public accommodations, religion
Via JMG: INDIANA: Gov. Mike Pence Promises New Bill To "Clarify Intent" Of Anti-LGBT License To Discriminate Law
Gov. Mike Pence, scorched by a fast-spreading political firestorm, told The Star on Saturday that he will support the introduction of legislation to “clarify” that Indiana’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not promote discrimination against gays and lesbians. “I support religious liberty, and I support this law,” Pence said in an exclusive interview. “But we are in discussions with legislative leaders this weekend to see if there’s a way to clarify the intent of the law.” The governor, although not ready to provide details on what the new bill will say, said he expects the legislation to be introduced into the General Assembly this coming week. Asked if that legislation might include making gay and lesbian Hoosiers a protected legal class, Pence said, “That’s not on my agenda.” Amid the deepest crisis of his political career, Pence said repeatedly that the intense blowback against the new law is the result of a “misunderstanding driven by misinformation.” He adamantly insisted that RFRA will not open the door to state-sanctioned discrimination against gays and lesbians. But he did acknowledge that Indiana’s image — and potentially its economic health — has been hurt badly by the controversy.Chad Griffin is calling bullshit.
Governor Pence didn't listen last week when he signed this discriminatory law into effect, and he's still not listening to the growing chorus of criticism locally and nationally. While we appreciate his recognition that he's placed our state in peril, he's obviously trying to have it both ways. You can't 'clarify' discrimination. Indiana now has billions of dollars and thousands of jobs on the line, all because the Governor wouldn't stop this dangerous bill. He has a second chance to save our reputation for Hoosier hospitality, but he has to stand up and protect LGBT Hoosiers. Discrimination is not a core Hoosier value, and we can't afford to let our state continue to suffer. Please, Governor, listen to the voices of common sense and reason trying to get through to you. Fix the bill to protect all Hoosiers, and make it clear our state is open for business again.
Labels: business, Indiana, LGBT rights, license to discriminate, Mike Pence, public accommodations, religion, retail
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 29/03/2015
“É de grande valia identificar as crenças que dão sustentação para as
imagens que nos fazem repetir situações negativas na vida. Uma crença é
desenvolvida quando a partir de uma situação você passa a acreditar que
as coisas sempre ocorrerão da mesma maneira. Uma das características da
crença é justamente a generalização. Por exemplo, em uma situação
específica a criança não é atendida pela mãe, e devido ao mecanismo proteção,
ela passa a crer que o mesmo ocorrerá em todas as outras situações da
sua vida. Então uma imagem fica congelada em sua mente, e no futuro essa
imagem se manifestará como rigidez de pensamento. Isso é o que chamamos
de imagem, condicionamento ou crença.”
“Es de gran valor identificar las creencias que dan sustento a las
imágenes que nos hacen repetir situaciones negativas en la vida. Una
creencia es desarrollada cuando a partir de una situación pasas a creer
que las cosas siempre ocurrirán de la misma manera. Una de las
características de la creencia es justamente la generalización. Por
ejemplo, en una situación específica el niño no es atendido por la
madre, y debido al mecanismo de protección, él pasa a creer que lo mismo
le ocurrirá en todas las otras situaciones de su vida. Entonces una
imagen queda congelada en su mente, y en el futuro esa imagen se
manifestará como rigidez de pensamiento. Esto es lo que llamamos imagen,
condicionamiento o creencia. “
"It’s important to identify the beliefs that sustain particular images, which in turn make us repeat negative situations in life. Once a belief is developed out of a particular situation, we believe that things will always occur in the same way. One of the characteristics of belief is precisely to make generalizations. For example, if a child is not answered by their mother, they will start to believe that the same thing will happen in all other situations in life due to their protection mechanism. This causes an image to remain frozen in their mind, and in the future this image will manifest as rigid thinking. This is what we call an image, conditioning or belief."
"It’s important to identify the beliefs that sustain particular images, which in turn make us repeat negative situations in life. Once a belief is developed out of a particular situation, we believe that things will always occur in the same way. One of the characteristics of belief is precisely to make generalizations. For example, if a child is not answered by their mother, they will start to believe that the same thing will happen in all other situations in life due to their protection mechanism. This causes an image to remain frozen in their mind, and in the future this image will manifest as rigid thinking. This is what we call an image, conditioning or belief."
Via Daily Dharma
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