Sunday, May 20, 2012
Via BBC World Service: God and Gays - Bridging the Gulf
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God and Gays - Bridging the Gulf
Is there a third way to resolve the debate over how the church should treat homosexuals?
(28 minutes)Is there a third way to resolve the debate over how the church should treat homosexuals?
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma:
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.
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- Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, "The Heart Sutra: Translations and Commentary"
Read the entire article in the Tricycle Wisdom Collection
Read the entire article in the Tricycle Wisdom Collection
Via America Blog Gay:
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...
Via ॐ Blue Buddha Quote Collective:
"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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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
Please do not break this link...
You are welcome to share, but please make sure this link is passed on so that credit will be given to its source and the artist who designed this print...
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http://www.zazzle.com/
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Via Tricycle Daily Dharma
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.
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Read the entire article in the Tricycle Wisdom Collection
Friday, May 18, 2012
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.
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.
Via Bishop John Shelby Spong / FB:
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/
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