Friday, May 18, 2012
Via JMG: Eight Years Of Gay Marriage
And
yet, somehow, Massachusetts is still there. Happy anniversary, Bay
State. It's damned shame it's taking the rest of us so long to catch up.Via JMG: NORTH CAROLINA: More Blacks Back Gay Marriage After Obama's Announcement
Public Policy Polling has published a fascinating result out of North Carolina, where support for gay marriage has surged among black voters such the president's announcement.
There's been a noticeable shift in the attitudes of African Americans in North Carolina toward rights for gay couples in the wake of President Obama's announcement last week that he supports gay marriage. Our final poll before the primary last week found only 20% of black voters in the state favoring gay marriage, with 63% opposed. Now 27% express support for gay marriage with 59% opposed, for an overall 11 point shift on the margin.Great news!
There's been a similar movement when it comes to the overall idea of providing gay couples legal rights in the form of either marriage or civil unions. Before the primary 44% of African Americans favored one of those with 51% opposed to any sort of legal recognition for same sex couples. Now 55% of blacks support either gay marriage or civil unions with only 39% against any sort of recognition. Obama's words look to be having an impact.
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma May 18, 2012
Sitting Still
If
we watch our breathing without desiring calmness and without resenting
the tension arising from breathing in and out, and experience only the
impermanence, the unsatisfactoriness, and selflessness of our breath,
our mind becomes peaceful and calm.
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Via pqmonthly.com
U.S.-born
Daniel Clark Orey and his Brazi-born husband Milton Rosa find it easier
to live in Brazil because the government recognizes their California
marriage license. Because of DOMA, Orey can't sponsor Rosa for a U.S.
green card
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma May 17, 2012
Allegiance to Life
Our pain for the world, and our power to take part in the healing of our world, both come from the same place.
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- Joanna Macy, "Allegiance to Life"
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Via AmericaBlog Gay:
Religious right hate groups say Obama probably gay
As Right Wing Watch notes, this nut is cited by AFA, FRC and all the rest of their ilk:Paul Cameron of the Family Research Institute is an “expert” cited by groups like the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America and the American Family Association, among others in the Religious Right. While his claims have been consistently discredited, Cameron is still a favorite of opponents of...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Via JMG: Why Young People Leave The Church
Dan Savage points us to this fascinating story:
When asked by The Barna Group what words or phrases best describe Christianity, the top response among Americans ages 16-29 was “anti-homosexual.” For a staggering 91 percent of non-Christians, this was the first word that came to their mind when asked about the Christian faith. The same was true for 80 percent of young churchgoers. (The next most common negative images? : “judgmental,” “hypocritical,” and “too involved in politics.”)The author of the piece, Rachel Held Evans, has closed commenting on her post because "I want to keep this a safe place for conversation." Read some of the responses from her Christian readers and you'll see why.
In the book that documents these findings, titled unChristian, David Kinnaman writes: “The gay issue has become the 'big one,' the negative image most likely to be intertwined with Christianity’s reputation. It is also the dimensions that most clearly demonstrates the unchristian faith to young people today, surfacing in a spate of negative perceptions: judgmental, bigoted, sheltered, right-wingers, hypocritical, insincere, and uncaring. Outsiders say [Christian] hostility toward gays... has become virtually synonymous with the Christian faith.”
Later research, documented in Kinnaman’s You Lost Me, reveals that one of the top reasons 59 percent of young adults with a Christian background have left the church is because they perceive the church to be too exclusive, particularly regarding their LGBT friends. Eight million twenty-somethings have left the church, and this is one reason why.
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
Tricycle Daily Dharma May 16, 2012
Buddhanature Mind
What
is the Buddha-nature? It is a mind that is open and completely
unencumbered. It is empty. And it gives birth to warmth and compassion
for other people.
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- Reginald Ray, "The Power of Solitude"
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Via Follower of the Buddha / Facebook:
I am the owner of my karma .
I inherit my karma.
I am born of my karma.
I am related to my karma.
I live supported by my karma.
Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit.
The Buddha, Anguttara Nikaya V.57 - Upajjhatthana Sutta
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Via www.nytimes.com:
Like
many others, politicians are less influenced by party, faith or color
on the question of favoring greater legal protections for gays, both
liberals and conservatives say.
Via AmericaBlogGay:
GOP, religious right scared about backlash on marriage debate
It's
fascinating when both the lead religious right hate group and the head
of the Republican party play nice on same-sex marriage. LA Times:
Sen. Rand Paul, who said he wasn't sure President Obama's views on
marriage "could get any gayer," was rebuked by an influential
evangelical leader Sunday.
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, appearing onCBS' "Face
the Nation," strongly...
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma
Tricycle Daily Dharma May 15, 2012
Participate Fully
Cleaning
the bathroom or chopping the onions is no less important than sitting
in deep meditation. Grasping this and acting on it is called waking up.
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- Janet Jiryu Abels, "Participate Fully"
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