Via JMG: RBG Emphasizes The Word "Constitution" As She Officiates Third Gay Wedding

 

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg coyly poked the haters this weekend as she officiated her third same-sex wedding. Via the New York Times:

Wearing her black robe with her signature white lace collar, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided over the marriage on Sunday afternoon of Michael Kahn, the longtime artistic director of the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, and Charles Mitchem, who works at an architecture firm in New York.

The gilded setting was elegant: Anderson House in the Embassy Row neighborhood, the headquarters in Washington of the Society of the Cincinnati, a club for the descendants of the French and American soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. During the ceremony, the couple slipped black and gold Harry Winston rings onto each other’s fingers.
But the most glittering moment for the crowd came during the ceremony. With a sly look and special emphasis on the word “Constitution,” Justice Ginsburg said that she was pronouncing the two men married by the powers vested in her by the Constitution of the United States. No one was sure if she was emphasizing her own beliefs or giving a hint to the outcome of the case the Supreme Court is considering whether to decide if same-sex marriage is constitutional. But the guests began applauding loudly, delighted either way.

I guess it's too late for the wingnuts to demand that she double-extra recuse. (Tipped by JMG reader Ed)

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 18/05/2015

“O vitimismo é extremamente pernicioso. A pessoa que atua nessa máscara acredita ser muito pura. Ela não entende porque Deus é tão maldoso com ela. A vítima tenta dominar o outro através da ideia de que ela não dá conta da vida, de que é impotente e frágil. Mas, o que ela quer é manipular o outro: “Ou você faz do meu jeito ou eu me mato, tomo veneno, pulo a janela”. E às vezes ela até faz isso mesmo. Mas, entenda que essa é uma estratégia, uma forma de manipulação. A vítima se arrasta no chão, arranca os cabelos, mas esse teatro é com a intenção de dominar o outro.”
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“El victimismo es extremadamente pernicioso. La persona que actúa en esta máscara cree que es muy pura. No entiende por qué Dios es tan malo con ella. La víctima intenta dominar al otro a través de la idea de que ella no da abasto con la vida, de que es impotente y frágil. Pero lo que ella quiere es manipular al otro: "O lo haces a mi manera o me mato, tomo veneno, salto por la ventana." Y a veces incluso hasta lo hace. Pero entienda que ésta es una estrategia, una forma de manipulación. La víctima se arrastra en el piso, se arranca los pelos, pero este teatro es con la intención de dominar al otro”.

“Victimhood is extremely harmful. A person who wears this mask believes that they are pure, and they do not understand why ‘God’ is treating them so badly. The victim attempts to dominate others with the idea that they cannot cope with life, that they are powerless and weak. What they really want is to manipulate the other person. Basically they’re saying, ‘Do things my way, or I’ll kill myself! I’ll drink poison or jump out the window, and then you’ll see.’ Some people actually do it! Others just thrash about on the floor and tear out their hair, putting on the most manipulative dramas so as to finally have power over the other person.”

Via Daily Dharma

Positive Habit | May 18, 2015 Since all habit belongs to either the deluded panic of samsara or the noble path of enlightenment, it is best to develop the positive habit of the path of enlightenment that always creates the positive energy of love and faith, until we attain the selfless appearance of the buddhas. - Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, "Continuous Mind" Read More →

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Via JMG: CHILE: 50K March For Marriage Equality

An estimated crowd of more than 50,000 turned out yesterday in Santiago for a march in support of marriage equality in Chile. 

The march, organised by by the Movement of Integration and Sexual Liberation (MOVILH) and the Movement for Sexual Diversity (Mums), ended at the presidential palace of La Moneda, with speeches from various activists and political leaders. ​The demonstrators urged the government to implement the Gender Identity Bill, currently being debated in the Senate. They also recalled the murders of five people in 2014 because of their sexual orientation with a short ceremony during the march. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed a bill into law recognising civil unions between same-sex couples on 13 April, while another piece of legislation on gay marriage. The LGBT movement in Chile has made great advances in recent years, they now are protected by anti-discrimination laws covering employment, gay people also can serve openly in the Army, gay men are allowed to donate blood and lesbian couples can have access to in-vitro fertilisation treatments.

RELATED: Last month MOVILH was sued by Opus Dei over their ownership of the URL OpusGay.cl.

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Via JMG and WGB: President Obama Issues Message On International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia

"Michelle and I join our fellow Americans and others around the world in commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. We take this opportunity to reaffirm that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are human rights, to celebrate the dignity of every person, and to underscore that all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love.

"We work toward this goal every day. Here at home, we are working to end bias-motivated violence, combat discrimination in the workplace, and address the specific needs of transgender persons. Overseas, I am proud of the steps that the United States has taken to prioritize the protection and promotion of LGBT rights in our diplomacy and global outreach.

"There is much more to do, and this fight for equality will not be won in a day. But we will keep working, at home and abroad, and we will keep fighting, for however long it takes until we are all able to live free and equal in dignity and rights." - President Barack Obama (via Joe My God)

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 17/05/2015

“Não é tão simples ser honesto. Para isso é preciso superar a vergonha e o medo. Vergonha de ser você mesmo, de ser espontâneo, de mostrar suas misérias e também sua luz para o outro. Você tem medo de ser rejeitado, medo de não ser aceito e amado, e com isso está sempre escondendo alguma coisa. Você se torna um prisioneiro da mentira e até passa a acreditar nela. Muitas vezes você sente raiva do outro por estar preso, mas é você que está se colocando nesse lugar, justamente pela carência e pelo medo de ser rejeitado.”

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“No es tan simple ser honesto. Para eso es necesario superar la vergüenza y el miedo. Vergüenza de ser ti mismo, de ser espontáneo, de mostrar tus miserias y también tu luz al otro. Tienes miedo de ser rechazado, miedo a no ser aceptado y amado, y con eso siempre estás escondiendo algo. Te conviertes en un prisionero de la mentira e incluso llegas a creer en ella. Muchas veces sientes rabia del otro por estar preso, pero eres tú quien se está colocando en ese lugar, justamente por la carencia y por el miedo de ser rechazado.”

“Being honest is not that simple: it means overcoming our shame and fear. We are ashamed to be ourselves, to be spontaneous, and to reveal to others our miseries as well as our light. We are afraid of being rejected and of not being accepted and loved, so we are always hiding something from others. We become a prisoner of this deceit, and we even start to believe in it ourselves. We often feel angry at others because of our imprisonment, but we are the ones who put ourselves in this place, precisely due to our neediness and fear of rejection.”

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The Way | May 17, 2015 When the way ahead is open and clear and one has the goodwill, light-heartedness, and courage to tread it, the past and the future melt into nothingness, life is lived from the center of one’s being, and the self becomes as meaningful as the blue sky, the green fields, the flowing rivers, the littered streets, the hustling crowds, the filth and the beauty. - Diana St. Roth, "The Way" Read More →

Via JMG: COLOMBIA: Interior Minister Vows To Soon Make Same-Sex Marriage Legal

Colombian Interior Minister Juan Cristo yesterday vowed to soon make same-sex marriage legal. Via Gay Star News:

"The government supports the fight for equality and we will adopt measures providing equal marriage rights for all," Cristo said at the Andes University in Bogota on Thursday, as reported by Efe. He said he would not submit to the mercy of the majority on matters related to human rights, as 'respect for equal rights is not optional'. In July 2011, Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled Congress had two years to legalize same-sex marriage or an equivalent of marriage. As Congress failed to mass a marriage equality bill, the courts began approving marriages themselves. But then, the country's Inspector General requested the Court invalidate all the marriages approved in Colombia. Only 30 same-sex couples were given a license.

Cristo claims that Colombia's leading political party, the National Unity Coalition, is behind him. The party presently holds 60 out of 266 seats in the national legislature.

RELATED: In South America same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Civil unions or partnership laws exist in Chile*, Colombia, and Ecuador. No relationship recognitions presently exist in Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru**, Suriname, or Venezuela. (*In April the Chilean government formally dropped its opposition to same-sex marriage. **In March the Peruvian Congress rejected a civil unions bill.)

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Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 16/05/2015

“Nos dias de hoje a espiritualidade precisa ser prática e sustentável. Prática porque não é preciso estar dentro de um templo, um mosteiro ou uma igreja, mas dentro da sua própria casa, no seu trabalho, com seus amigos. E sustentável porque é preciso estar em harmonia com a matéria, com o dinheiro. Tanto a necessidade de acumular dinheiro, quanto a negação dele, são extremos da mesma moeda - são reações que nascem do medo. Fugir da vida material através da espiritualidade é apenas outra forma de materialismo.”
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“Hoy en día la espiritualidad necesita ser práctica y sustentable. Práctica porque no es necesario estar dentro de un templo, un monasterio o una iglesia, sino dentro de tu propia casa, en tu trabajo, con tus amigos. Y sustentable, porque es preciso estar en armonía con la materia, con el dinero. Tanto en la necesidad de acumular dinero, como en la negación del mismo, son extremos de la misma moneda - son reacciones que nacen del miedo. Huir de la vida material a través de la espiritualidad no es más que otra forma de materialismo.”

“These days spirituality has to be practical and sustainable. It is practical because it’s no longer confined to a temple, a monastery, or a church, but can be in your own home, at work, or with your friends. Spirituality must be sustainable as well by being in harmony with things of the material world, such as money. The need to accumulate money and the denial of money are both sides of the same coin: they are reactions that stem from fear. Running away from the material world through spirituality is just another form of materialism.”

Via Daily Dharma

The Examined Life | May 16, 2015 Wisdom is not merely something to be gained with old age. One can be wise in every stage of one’s life. To manifest wisdom means simply to step back and see—to reflect, inquire, be aware, be disciplined, and be focused not once in a while, but all of the time, moment to moment. This life is precious and fleeting. Pay attention. - Seido Ray Ronci, "The Examined Life" Read More →

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