Thursday, May 28, 2015
Via The Washington Blade: Obama to host Pride at the White House on June 24
President Obama is set to host Pride at the White House on June 24. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
President Obama is set to host Pride at the White House on June 24. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
President Obama is set to host Pride at the White House on June 24. (Washington Blade photo by Michael Key)
JMG HomoQuotable - Armistead Maupin
Labels: Armistead Maupin, boycotts, Fire Island Pines, HomoQuotable, Ian Reisner, Mati Weiderpass, Ted Cruz
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 28/05/2015
“Pais e educadores precisam tomar consciência da grande
responsabilidade que lhes foi dada: interromper o ciclo da ignorância
neste planeta. Porque através da educação das crianças podemos quebrar o
círculo vicioso da destruição e realmente mudar o mundo. Para isso,
precisamos fazer nossa parte que é ajudar as crianças a encontrarem seus
dons e talentos, e se alinharem com a sua verdadeira missão. Não basta
largar a criança na escola, é preciso se responsabilizar e se comprometer com o despertar do amor desse Ser.”
“Padres y educadores necesitan tomar consciencia de la gran
responsabilidad que les fue dada: interrumpir el ciclo de la ignorancia
en este planeta. Porque a través de la educación de los niños podemos
romper el círculo vicioso de la destrucción y realmente cambiar el
mundo. Para eso, necesitamos hacer nuestra parte que es ayudar a los
niños a encontrar sus dones y talentos, y alinearse con su verdadera
misión. No basta dejar al niño en la escuela, es necesario
responsabilizarse y comprometerse con el despertar del amor de ese Ser.”
“Parents and educators need to become aware of the great responsibility they have been given: to interrupt the cycle of ignorance on this planet. Through our children’s education we can break the vicious circle of destruction and create a change in the world. We need to do our part in order for this to happen. We must help our children to discover their gifts and talents, and to live in alignment with their true purpose. It is not enough to put your child in a school system – you have to be responsible and committed to awakening the love within this human being.”
“Parents and educators need to become aware of the great responsibility they have been given: to interrupt the cycle of ignorance on this planet. Through our children’s education we can break the vicious circle of destruction and create a change in the world. We need to do our part in order for this to happen. We must help our children to discover their gifts and talents, and to live in alignment with their true purpose. It is not enough to put your child in a school system – you have to be responsible and committed to awakening the love within this human being.”
Today's Daily Dharma: The Dawning of Truth.
The Dawning of Truth
If
we use the practice tools that develop intelligence and clarity with a
confused, selfish motivation, reality is bound to collide with our
fiction. This is where practice is supposed to bring us. This is the proof that the dharma works. It’s the end of our confused, fictive world, and the dawning of truth.
- Lama Tsony, "Facing Fear"
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
Via JMG: Wikipedia Updates World Marriage Map
As I reported yesterday, Greenland's Parliament has voted to adopt
Denmark's laws on same-sex marriage. That vote goes into effect on
October 1st, prompting Wikipedia's map monitors to change Greenland's
color to mustard, which means "pending." That tiny dot of dark green in
the Middle East is Israel and if you squint you'll see that same-sex
marriage is also pending in Nepal (although that bill has not yet been
presented). Chile is apparently mustard-shaded because in February 2015
the government announced that it was formally dropping its opposition to
same-sex marriage. Civil unions were signed into law by Chile's
president last month and the marriage bill is expected soon.
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Via JMG: GERMANY: Chancellor Angela Merkel Spokesman Says Same-Sex Marriage Is "Not A Goal Of This Government"
Via Reuters:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition agreed on Wednesday to make small changes to same-sex civil partnership rules but staunch opposition from conservatives in her party means Germany will not follow Ireland in allowing gay marriages any time soon. Although there are growing divisions within the party, Merkel's Christian Democrats are still overwhelmingly opposed to same-sex marriages partly due to fears it could upset voters on the right. However, polls show 75 percent of Germans are in favour of legalising gay marriages, as are the Social Democrats (SPD) and all opposition parties. The overwhelming "yes" vote in Ireland for same-sex marriage had triggered a discussion in Germany about the lingering gap in rights between registered partnerships and marriages. "Today was an important milestone in dismantling discrimination and the chancellor is pleased about that," her spokesman Steffen Seibert said. "But same-sex marriages are not a goal of this government." "Every country makes its own laws - some countries go one route while others go another," said Seibert, when asked about Ireland. "In Germany we'll take a path that suits Germany."Merkel was elected to a third term in 2013.
Via JMG: Where Gay Men Are The Happiest
Planet Romeo, an Amsterdam-based dating and community site, collaborated with the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz in Germany to carry out an online survey of 115,000 gay men around the world. They combined rankings on public opinion, public behavior and life satisfaction – how gay men feel about society’s view on homosexuality, how gay men feel they are treated by other people, and how satisfied gay men are with their own lives, respectively – into one worldwide ranking on gay happiness. Iceland tops their list as the country where gay men are the happiest, followed by Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Uruguay, Canada, Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The United States ranks 26th in the list. The 10 worst countries by this ranking are Kazakhstan, Ghana, Cameroon, Iran, Nigeria, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda.Hit the link and scroll down for the full ranking.
Via JMG: Feds to Induct Gay Rights Pioneer Frank Kameny Into Labor Hall Of Honor
Via press release from the US Department of Labor:
Reposted from Joe Jervis
Frank Kameny, who for decades fought to end discrimination in the federal workplace, will be honored by the U.S. Department of Labor in June with an induction to its Hall of Honor. Kameny's legacy as a civil rights leader has made a monumental difference in improving the lives of all workers all across America. A World War II veteran and Harvard-educated doctor of astronomy with the U.S. Army Map Service, Kameny was discharged and barred from federal government employment in 1958 after U.S. Civil Service Commission investigators asked if he was a homosexual.Kameny died at age 86 in 2011. Earlier Hall Of Honor inductees include Ted Kennedy, Bayard Rustin, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, and the 9/11 Rescue Workers. Kameny's ceremony will take place on June 23rd and the Labor Department suggests the Twitter hashtag #ThankFrank. (Tipped by JMG reader Jeremy)
Kameny fought the injustice, eventually taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, which denied his petition in 1961. The setback led him to become a co-founder of the first gay rights organization in Washington, D.C., and began his tireless fight to force the nation's largest employer — the federal government — to end discrimination in its employment practices based on sexual orientation. "Frank Kameny was a groundbreaking leader in the LGBT civil rights movement. He fought tirelessly to live out his truth and to end workplace discrimination," said Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez. "At the Department of Labor we work every day to carry on his legacy and ensure that all workers, no matter who they are or who they love, have equal access to opportunity."
Labels: activism, American history, feds, Frank Kameny, Labor Department, LGBT History, LGBT rights, Obama administration
JMG Quote Of The Day - Daniel O'Donnell
Labels: Daniel O'Donnell, Democrats, gay politicians, Ireland, LGBT rights, marriage equality, New York state, NY Assembly
Via NYT: On Same-Sex Marriage, Catholics Are Leading the Way
Take
a look at this list of countries: Belgium, Canada, Spain, Argentina,
Portugal, Brazil, France, Uruguay, Luxembourg and Ireland. Name two
things that they have in common.
They don’t share a continent, obviously. Or a language.
But
in all of them, the Roman Catholic Church has more adherents, at least
nominally, than any other religious denomination does.
And all of them belong to the vanguard of 20 nations that have decided to make same-sex marriage legal.
In
fact, countries with a Catholic majority or plurality make up half of
those where two men or two women can now wed or will soon be able to.
Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 27/05/2015
“Nascemos querendo receber amor exclusivo. Passamos a vida exigindo
esse amor em nossas relações. Mas isso não existe, então sofremos.
Apanhamos até perceber que tudo que buscamos está dentro de nós mesmos.
Então compreendemos que seremos amados somente quando esse amor estiver
fluindo abundantemente dos nossos próprios corações. Parece absurdo, mas
assim é.”
“Nacemos queriendo recibir amor exclusivo. Pasamos la vida exigiendo ese amor en nuestras relaciones. Pero esto no existe, entonces sufrimos. Sufrimos hasta percibir que todo lo que buscamos está dentro de nosotros. Entonces comprendemos que solamente seremos amados cuando ese amor esté fluyendo abundantemente desde nuestros propios corazones. Parece absurdo, pero así es.”
“Nacemos queriendo recibir amor exclusivo. Pasamos la vida exigiendo ese amor en nuestras relaciones. Pero esto no existe, entonces sufrimos. Sufrimos hasta percibir que todo lo que buscamos está dentro de nosotros. Entonces comprendemos que solamente seremos amados cuando ese amor esté fluyendo abundantemente desde nuestros propios corazones. Parece absurdo, pero así es.”
"When we are born, we want to receive exclusive love. We spend our
lives demanding this love from our relationships, but it does not exist,
so we suffer. We get caught up in this idea until we realize that
everything we are looking for is within us. Then we understand that we
will only be loved when love is flowing abundantly from our own hearts.
This seems absurd, but that’s how it works.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Caught Up in Thoughts.
Caught Up in Thoughts
The thoughts are not the problem. Thoughts are the nature of the mind. The problem is that we identify with them.
- Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, "No Excuses"
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Sri Prem Baba: Flor do Dia- Flor del Día- Flower of the day 26/05/2015
“Às vezes é necessário realizar a prática de uma austeridade
inteligente, que é quando fazemos um esforço, um exercício, para
redirecionar os vetores da nossa vontade. Tenho incentivado e sugerido
cada vez mais a prática do silêncio, porque ele é a fundação que
sustenta o templo da consciência.”
“A veces es necesario realizar la práctica de una austeridad inteligente, que es cuando hacemos un esfuerzo, un ejercicio, para redireccionar los vectores de nuestra voluntad. Vengo incentivado y sugiriendo cada vez más la práctica del silencio, porque éste es la base que sustenta el templo de la consciencia.”
“A veces es necesario realizar la práctica de una austeridad inteligente, que es cuando hacemos un esfuerzo, un ejercicio, para redireccionar los vectores de nuestra voluntad. Vengo incentivado y sugiriendo cada vez más la práctica del silencio, porque éste es la base que sustenta el templo de la consciencia.”
“Sometimes we need to practice an intelligent austerity, which means
putting our energy towards an activity that redirects our willpower.
More and more, I have been encouraging and suggesting the practice of
cultivating silence. Silence is the foundation on which the temple of
awareness rests.”
Today's Daily Dharma: Respect Between Sects.
Respect Between Sects
Whoever
honors his own sect and disparages another man’s, whether from blind
loyalty or with the intention of showing his own sect in a favorable
light, does his own sect the greatest possible harm. Concord is best,
with each hearing and respecting the other’s teachings.
- Ashoka, "Ashoka, Beloved of the Gods"
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