Tuesday, May 12, 2015
SCORE!!! Olympics Officials Make HUGE Pro-Gay Move
In what's already being hailed as "a great step forward," the International Olympic Committee has taken a significant move against future intolerance toward the lesbian, gay and bisexual community in the Olympic Games.
The Chicago Tribune reports that IOC members unanimously voted to approve a recommendation which adds non-discrimination language regarding sexual orientation to the Olympic Charter.
"The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this Olympic Charter shall be secured without discrimination of any kind, such as race, color, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status," the Charter now reads, according to the publication.
The decision to update the wording, which will also be included in all future Olympic Games host city contracts, follows a flurry of controversy surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sochi, Russia. A number of high-profile LGBT rights advocates called for the U.S. to boycott the Sochi games in response to Russia's controversial "gay propaganda" legislation.
Cher, Madonna and Lady Gaga were among the high-profile celebrities to decry the law, which imposes fines and sentences on anyone deemed to be distributing "pro-gay" information to minors. Full story here!
Via WGB: International Study Finds Widespread Anti-Gay Discrimination in Sports
The findings were contained in "Out on the Fields," released Sunday, which officials said was the first international study and the largest conducted on discrimination against gay, lesbian and bisexual participants in sports.
The study, which also canvassed heterosexual respondents, surveyed nearly 3,000 people in Australia, 2,025 in the United States and 1,780 in Britain. The study was also conducted in Canada, New Zealand and Ireland. Full story here via Edge!
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 12/05/2015
“À medida que a sua consciência vai se expandindo, que a sua percepção
vai se ampliando, e você começa a enxergar as partes da sua
personalidade que estavam trancadas em negação, simultaneamente, seu
canal espiritual vai se alargando. Ao mesmo tempo em que trabalha para
transformar os aspectos negativos da sua personalidade, aos poucos você
vai se tornando uma usina de transformação do sofrimento planetário.
Então você passa a captar os karmas dos
grupos mais próximos, e conforme o seu canal vai se abrindo, o diâmetro
de captação vai aumentando.”
“A medida que tu consciencia se va expandiendo, que tu percepción se
va ampliando, y comienzas a ver las partes de tu personalidad que
estaban trabadas en negación, simultáneamente, tu canal espiritual se va
ensanchando. Al mismo tiempo en que trabajas para transformar los
aspectos negativos de tu personalidad, de a poco te vas volviendo una
usina de transformación del sufrimiento planetario. Entonces pasas a
captar los karmas de los grupos más próximos, y conforme tu canal se va
abriendo, el diámetro de captación va aumentando.”
"As our consciousness expands, our perception widens and we get to see parts of our personality that were locked up in denial. As that happens, our spiritual channel continues to broaden. Even while we work to transform the negative aspects of our personality, we become 'power plants' for transforming global suffering. We start taking on the karma of those closest to us, and as our inner channel continues to open, we reach circles with an ever-expanding radius."
"As our consciousness expands, our perception widens and we get to see parts of our personality that were locked up in denial. As that happens, our spiritual channel continues to broaden. Even while we work to transform the negative aspects of our personality, we become 'power plants' for transforming global suffering. We start taking on the karma of those closest to us, and as our inner channel continues to open, we reach circles with an ever-expanding radius."
Via Daily Dharma
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