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Tricycle Daily Dharma May 20, 2012

A New Way of Observation

It is because our way of observing things is deeply rooted in our self-centered ideas that we are disappointed when we find everything has only a tentative existence. But when we actually realize this truth, we will have no suffering.

- Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, "The Heart Sutra: Translations and Commentary"
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NAACP comes out in favor of marriage equality

This is a big, and long-awaited, deal. Today, the board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People endorsed the rights of same-sex couples to marry, stating in a resolution that the national civil-rights organization "support[s] marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States...

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May we touch the hearts of others today.

* Namaste *

‎"Be content
with what you have,
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize
there is nothing lacking,
the whole world
belongs to you."

~Lao Tzu

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Bigotry...

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2012 Healing the Planet 2012

Within my mind
I live on a small blue planet.
Everyone seems far away,
No one seems close.
Everywhere is blackness, Yet abundant life consumes each moment.
I wish and hope
Everyone could see this blue fragile life
Floating in the blackness—
Next time they miss the bus,
Next time they forget to look and smile.

We are floating on a blue dot–
We should all be frightfully concerned.
No matter what you think, what I think,
We will always be on this blue dot,
Unless we are the masters of darkness
Or the emperors of blackness.

Look at each other–
Be kind
Stop
Look up
See blue.
That color came from somewhere.
It could be another color if we don’t play our cards right.
Our worst enemies we should hold,
Because even they love blue.

The Sakyong, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche

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Tricycle Daily Dharma May 19, 2012

Zen Management

You deal with your shit in Zen by sitting with it. By breathing right into it. You don’t try and ignore it with pleasant thoughts or lofty ideas, and you don’t try and bury it with solutions. You deal with it, you work with it, one breath at a time.

- Steve Krieger, "Growing Ground"
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Via JMG: Maryland OK's Gay Divorce

You can't yet get gay-married in Maryland, but you can get gay-divorced.

The Court of Appeals ruled 7-0 that couples who have a valid marriage from another state can divorce in Maryland. The case involved two women who were married in California and denied a divorce in 2010 by a Maryland judge. “A valid out-of-state same-sex marriage should be treated by Maryland courts as worthy of divorce, according to the applicable statues, reported cases, and court rules of this state,” the court concluded in a 21-page ruling. It said Maryland courts should withhold recognition of a valid foreign marriage only if that marriage is “repugnant” to state public policy. The court says the threshold is a high bar that has not been met in the case that it ruled on.

Labels: gay divorce, LGBT rights, Maryland

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JMG Europe Marriage Map

With France to join shortly, it appears. Via Wikipedia.

Labels: Europe, LGBT rights, marriage equality

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Via JMG: MALAWI: New President Vows To Decriminalize Homosexuality

Sit down, there's good news from Africa.

President Joyce Banda has said she wants Malawi to overturn its ban on homosexual acts - the first African country to do so since 1994. Two Malawian men were sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2010 after saying they were getting married. Several Western leaders have recently said they would cut aid to countries which did not recognise gay rights. In her first state of the nation address to parliament, Mrs Banda said: "Some laws which were duly passed by the august house... will be repealed as a matter of urgency... these include the provisions regarding indecent practices and unnatural acts." The BBC's Raphael Tenthani in the main city, Blantyre, says the president has the support of a majority of MPs and so should be able to get parliament to overturn the law.

Religious groups are expected to loudly oppose Banda's plan.

Labels: Africa, LGBT rights, Malawi

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Bishop John Shelby Spong

May 2

Inspired by Bishop John Shelby Spong's Chautauqua lecture on June 29, 2010. Video footage of the lecture can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhAmYJgbFqk This post is in celebration of the second annual John Shelby Spong Lectureship at St. Peter's Episcopal Church featuring James Carroll on May 17, 2012. For more information, http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e5tbmvk259cb523c&llr=8jidabdab ProgressiveChristianity.org congratulates Bishop Spong on his many outstanding achievements and salutes him for his dedication to the cause of enlightened faith.

 

 

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"Our Marriage Was Once Illegal Too"

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By: Gay Marriage USA

The Golden Girls on Marriage Equality

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‎"When it is impossible for anger to arise within you, you find no outside enemies anywhere. An outside enemy exists only if there is anger inside."

~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche

O poder...

The 7 Wonders of the World

1. The power to see.
2. The power to hear.
3. The power to touch.
4. The power to try.
5. The power to feel.
6. The power to laugh.
7. And the most important of all: The power to love.

Via JMG: France Promises Gay Marriage

France's new prime minister yesterday vowed to fulfill the promise of just-elected President Francois Holland (above right) and implement full civil marriage equality for same-sex couples.

A communiqué issued by the office of the prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, who took office on 15 May, marked the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia yesterday with a pledge to put the president’s manifesto promise into law. It said: “On the occasion of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, the Prime Minister reaffirmed the Government’s commitment against violence and discrimination perpetrated as a result of sexual orientation or gender identity. The Government is determined to challenge prejudice and to put an end to discrimination and violence. It will implement the commitment of the President of the Republic to the right to marriage and adoption to gay couples.”

How soon the process might begin is not yet known.

Labels: France, Francois Hollande, LGBT rights

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