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, August 23, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Via Buddhism on Beliefnet:
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Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma August 22, 2012
Compassion Despite Dislike
Remember
that you don’t have to like or admire someone to feel compassion for
that person. All you have to do is wish for that person to be happy.
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- Thanissaro Bhikkhu, "Head & Heart Together"
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Via Nalanda LGBT Buddhist Cultural and Resource Center
"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged."
- His Holiness, the
Dalai Lama
Via Courage Campaign:
Today
the Republican National Committee finalized its platform concerning
marriage equality. Which platform do you want to see your elected
official stand behind?
Via JMG: NOM Launches "Brown Vs Savage" Site
NOM has launched a new website
dedicated to coverage and reactions of Brian Brown's dinner with last
week. The debate itself has not yet been released. From the site: Dan Savage is one of the most influential activists bent on redefining marriage. Millions of Americans have seen his TV show on MTV or read his syndicated column. President Obama and his wife Michelle, along with hundreds of celebrities and sports stars have participated in Savage’s “It Gets Better” anti-bullying project. But there’s another side to Dan Savage that most haven’t seen: the bully. This April, when speaking to a group of high school students in Seattle, Savage launched into a tirade against Christians and what he termed the “bull****” in the bible.” He went on to call students who attempted to leave his presentation “pansy-a**es”. Savage has a long history of obscene anti-Christian comments, and yet he continues to be celebrated as the face of the gay marriage movement.At least NOM didn't (yet) repeat the lie about that "spontaneous" staged walkout by "sobbing and horrified" students, who were put up to it by Focus On The Family.
Labels: bigotry, Brian Brown, Catholic Church, Dan Savage, evil, hate groups, NOM, religion, Vatican
Via JMG: Tweeted Out By Matt Barber
Good As You points us to today's Twitter message from Matt Barber, whose employer is being sued for kidnapping. I'll add a message of my own.
Two from Gay Politics Report:
- Republicans poised to reaffirm opposition to marriage equality
Republican Party subcommittees have reportedly approved party platform language that criticizes the Obama administration's decision not to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, and supports a "constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman." The language still must be approved by the full GOP committee today, and by delegates at the GOP convention in Tampa next week. BuzzFeed (8/20)
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GOP platform addresses LGBT community, group says: Certain
language included in the Republican Party's national platform is meant
to signal the party's support for LGBT Americans, according to R. Clarke
Cooper, the director of Log Cabin Republicans. A GOP delegate who
supports marriage equality proposed the language "We embrace the
principle that all Americans have the right to be treated with dignity
and respect," Cooper said. Metro Weekly (Washington, D.C.)/Poliglot
(8/20)
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