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.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Via Freedom to Marry / Facebook
Beautiful: The New Yorker Magazine cover celebrating President Obama's support for the freedom to marry.
— with T Neverdinner Jacket.
Via Formidable Republican Opposition/ Facebook
Numbers unconfirmed, but a powerful statement on elections, their consequences, and the perils of voter apathy. Put yourself in these shoes.
Via Inked Buddha
If
we look at each other superficially, we see differences - and as we
place emphasis only on those differences, we grow more distant. But if
we look at each other as our our kind, as human beings just like
ourselves, we find that we are not that dissimilar.
We are the
same human flesh - we all want happiness. From mutual recognition, we
can build respect. From respect, we can build trust. From trust, we
can build harmony, cooperation, and peace. And from there, we can stop
many problems.
Reach out to someone today, that you might otherwise see as "different".
Thank you for being here with me today.... — at I took this photo near Hanoi, Vietnam.
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma
Tricycle Daily Dharma May 11, 2012
The Path of Optimism
Buddhism
is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no
human life or experience is to be wasted or forgotten, but all should be
transformed into a source of wisdom and compassionate living.
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- Taitetsu Unno, "Number One Fool"
Read the entire article in the Tricycle Wisdom Collection
Read the entire article in the Tricycle Wisdom Collection
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Via AmericaBlogGay:
Mr. Cantor, your culture war is my life
Brad Dayspring, the former spokesman for the number two Republican in the US House, Eric Cantor, had the following to say about President Obama's support for same-sex marriage: Brad Dayspring @BDayspring With the economy in stagnation and crippling amounts of debt, the President seeks to further divide America by launching in a culture war.
Your culture war is my life. And isn't that...
Via America Blog Gay:
Why Obama's decision on marriage matters
From
former Clinton official Richard Socarides last December, but still
relevant:
Those principles should apply when it comes to marriage rights for gay
and lesbian Americans. Having the President publicly endorse marriage
equality will be an important symbolic and substantive turning point. It
would likely accelerate the pro-equality shift in public opinion,
including in minority communities....
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