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All Things Considered, June 7, 2009 · Earlier this year, the Washington, D.C., City Council passed a measure that would allow the nation's capital to recognize same-sex marriages performed outside of the city. Supporters now hope to see the council pass legislation that would allow same-sex couples to marry inside the district. But opponents vow a pitched fight.
Do not despair! Work steadily. Sincerity and love will conquer hate.
How many seemingly impossible events are coming to pass in these days! Set your faces steadily towards the Light of the World. Show love to all; `Love is the breath of the Holy Spirit in the heart of Man'.
Take courage! God never forsakes His children who strive and work and pray!
Let your hearts be filled with the strenuous desire that tranquility and harmony may encircle all this warring world. So will success crown your efforts, and with the universal brotherhood will come the
- ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
Não se desespere! Trabalhe firmemente. A sinceridade e o amor conquistarão o ódio.
Quantos eventos que parecem impossíveis estão acontecendo nestes dias! Posicione seus rostos firmemente em direção à Luz do Mundo. Mostre amor a todos; “O amor é o sopro do Espírito Santo no coração do homem.”
Tenha coragem! Deus nunca esquece as crianças que trabalham e oram fervorosamente!
Deixe seus corações serem encobertos com o desejo árduo de que a tranqüilidade e a harmonia podem englobar todo o mundo em guerra. Estão, o sucesso irá coroando os seus esforços, e com a irmandade universal virá a paz e a boa vontade do reino de Deus.
--Baha'i: Abdu'l-Baha:
"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism." -- Ben Franklin
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.... Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism."
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can'thave both."
-- Louis Brandeis, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
"Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Expediency asks the question - is it politic? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? But conscience asks the question - is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right."
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
Faith/Tradition
Representatives of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce will ring the stock market's closing bell today in recognition of Pride Month. The market closes at 4pm.
An Emory University study has linked same-sex marriage bans to a rise in new HIV infections.The study used data from the General Social Survey (GSS), which has tracked the attitudes of Americans during the past four decades. The economists calculated that a rise in tolerance from the 1970s to the 1990s reduced HIV cases by one per 100,000 people, and that laws against same-sex marriage boosted cases by 4 per 100,000. "Intolerance is deadly," Mialon said. "Bans on gay marriage codify intolerance, causing more gay people to shift to underground sexual behaviors that carry more risk."Yeah, interesting, but I'm not so interested in making "but we'll get HIV if you don't let us marry!" into a new battle cry.
