Thursday, January 31, 2013
Via JMG: Nielsen: Gays Shop & Spend More
American same-sex partnered households have significant spending power. In fact, same-sex partnered households make 16 percent more shopping trips than the average U.S. household each year (173 average shopping trips vs. 149 average shopping trips for total U.S. households), according to a recent Nielsen report measuring the shopping habits of U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) households. The additional shopping trips translate into a marked difference in total spending on consumer packaged goods (CPG). Same-sex partnered households spend an average of $8,651 each year on CPG, compared with $6,898 for the average U.S. household. Within the LGBT community, male same-sex partnered households shop more frequently than female same-sex households (182 trips vs. 163 trips), raising male same-sex household annual CPG spending to $8,943—nearly 30 percent higher than the average U.S. household.But the below chart that compares where gay men and lesbians exceed the national purchasing average is more interesting, yes? The linked article doesn't make it clear, but one presumes the overall average for each of the below categories is 100.
Labels: LGBT culture, Nielsen, retail
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 31, 2013
Mature Wisdom
The
test of how far your wisdom has matured lies in the strategic skill
with which you can keep yourself from doing things that you like to do
but that would cause long-term harm, and the skill with which you can
talk yourself into doing things that you don’t like to do but that would
lead to long-term well-being and happiness. In other words, mature
wisdom requires a mature ego.
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- Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “Hang On to Your Ego”
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Via JMG: Conference Of Catholic Bishops Files SCOTUS Briefs On DOMA & Prop 8
From their DOMA brief:
The USCCB brief in United States v. Windsor says that “there is no fundamental right to marry a person of the same sex.” The brief also states that “as defined by courts ‘sexual orientation’ is not a classification that should trigger heightened scrutiny,” such as race or ethnicity would. It added that “civil recognition of same-sex relationships is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and tradition—quite the opposite is true. Nor can the treatment of such relationships as marriages be said to be implicit in the concept of ordered liberty, such that neither liberty nor justice would exist if they were sacrificed.” USCCB argued that previous Supreme Court decisions “describing marriage as a fundamental right plainly contemplate the union of one man and one woman.” The USCCB also cautioned that a decision invalidating DOMA “would have adverse consequences in other areas of law.”From their Proposition 8 brief:
“While this Court has held that laws forbidding private, consensual, homosexual conduct between adults lack a rational basis, it does not follow that the government has a constitutional duty to encourage or endorse such conduct. Thus, governments may legitimately decide to further the interests of opposite-sex unions only. Similarly, minimum standards of rationality under the Constitution do not require adopting the lower court’s incoherent definition of ‘marriage’ as merely a ‘committed lifelong relationship,’ which is wildly over-inclusive, empties the term of its meaning, and leads to absurd results.” “Marriage, understood as the union of one man and one woman, is not an historical relic, but a vital and foundational institution of civil society today,” the USCCB brief states.(Via Zack Ford @ Think Progress)
Labels: Catholic Church, child abuse, cults, DOMA, marriage equality, molestation, Proposition 8, SCOTUS, UCCB, Vatican
Via JMG: Super Gay Bet: Blade Vs B.A.R.
From Washington Blade reporter Phil Reese:
Editors and publishers of the Washington Blade and the Bay Area Reporter, an LGBT newspaper in San Francisco, announced this week the terms of a bet for their respective teams playing in Sunday’s Super Bowl championship in New Orleans. If the Ravens win, BAR will send the Blade staff a lunch of dungeness crabs and a $1,000 donation to the local LGBT charity of the Blade’s choosing. If the 49ers win, the Blade will send BAR’s staff a lunch of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs and a $1,000 donation to a San Francisco LGBT charity of BAR’s choosing. “When Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage in 2004, the Patriots won the Super Bowl. When New York legalized marriage in 2011, the Giants won the Super Bowl. In 2012, Maryland passed marriage equality, so it’s our turn,” said Blade editor Kevin Naff, who lives in Baltimore. “Go Ravens!”I suppose it should be pointed out that DC legalized same-sex marriage in 2009 and that the Redskins finished last in their division that year, having won only four games all season. Yes, I had look that up. Go sportsball! Go local/regional team! I like the ones in the aubergine blouses!
Labels: Bay Area Reporter, Super Bowl, Washington Blade
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 30, 2013
Unraveling Desire
The
truth is that we like our preferences and prejudices, we like defining
ourselves in terms of what we like and don’t like. It is precisely
desire’s entanglement with the sense of self that makes this all so
difficult to unravel. Fortunately, there is a relatively easy and
accessible way to counter the powerful forces of desire: the cultivation
of equanimity. Every moment of mindfulness is also a moment of
equanimity.
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- Andrew Olendzki, "The Buddha's Smile"
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
How Does Captain America Feel About Gay Marriage?
How Does Captain America Feel About Gay Marriage?
Chris Evans is Captain America. In real life, his brother
is gay. He's not ashamed of his brother. But he is ashamed of America.
When the guy who literally wears the American flag on his sleeve is
ashamed of his own country, it's time for things to change.
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Tricycle Daily Dharma January 29, 2013
Understanding and Respect
Learning
about other faiths helps us to understand, and to live side by side
with, differing views and belief systems. To remain in one tradition
without absorbing the benefits of the others seems disrespectful to the
gifts that the Buddha passed down to us. Only through mutual
understanding and respect can we successfully implement what the Buddha
taught.
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- Scott Hunt, “Scott Hunt’s Seaworthy Dream In Two Parts”
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Via JMG: HRC Launches New Coalition: Businesses For The Repeal Of DOMA
The Human Rights Campaign today announced a new coalition of corporations that is endorsing the Respect For Marriage Act, which would legislatively repeal DOMA.
The Business Coalition for DOMA Repeal is a group of leading U.S. employers that support legislative efforts to repeal the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act through the passage of the Respect for Marriage Act. These Coalition members recognize that DOMA is bad for business and have pledged their support for RMA, which restores the rights of all lawfully married couples—including same-sex couples – to receive the benefits of marriage under federal law.Among the first companies to join the coalition are A|X Armani Exchange, Aetna Inc., Biogen Idec, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Diageo North America, eBay, Electronic Arts, Kimpton Hotels, Marriott International, Massachusetts Mutual Life, Replacements, Ltd., Sun Life Financial, and Thomson Reuters.
Labels: activism, business, Congress, DOMA, HRC, marriage equality, Respect For Marriage Act
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![''O prazer é sempre derivado de algo fora de você, enquanto que a alegria surge de dentro. O passado não tem poder sobre o momento presente. Você não pode encontrar-se, indo para o passado. Você pode encontrar a si mesmo, vindo para o presente.
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